grips

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Appeared in the April 7, 2026, print edition as 'Anxiety Grips Tehran as War Intensifies'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Grips, camera operators, makeup artists and other crew members who’ve lost their jobs because of production shutdowns during the writers’ strike are getting some help.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Grips lifted cables and makeup artists swirled around director Michael Patrick King.

From Salon • May 1, 2023

Intermittent music came from the experimental hip-hop group Death Grips, but the main soundtrack was heard in the effort of their bodies and breath — those moments where you felt the intensity of their focus.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Grips the phone so hard, the plastic handset creaks.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle