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Brent crude prices shot back above $100 a barrel this week as oil-hungry sectors across the world came to grips with a closure that is lasting much longer than originally feared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She came to grips with the local pandemic.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

I came to grips with that reality in August, when my mother died from an unexpected illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023

But O’Neal came to grips with his health when his doctor asked him, according to Men’s Health, a simple question: Do you want to die?

From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2021

One broad-shouldered and bearded man—overthrew all the wrestlers who came to grips with him.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic



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