clutches

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Claw machine lover Neiki Lee carefully lowers the metal jaws of a crane with a joystick into a pool of prizes, only to have the small toy slip from its clutches again and again.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

In the experiments, two clutches were arranged in double rings to match fossil evidence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

A Netflix documentary that detailed the Sussexes’ escape from the clutches of a suffocating royal family and a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey on CBS had already put relations with the palace on life support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Both pairs have since rebuilt their nests in slightly higher locations and are incubating fresh clutches of eggs.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

But images flash against my closed eyes—the Director’s leering red face, a drop of my blood falling to the floor, David’s smile, the Mess, the crackle of the fence as Soheil clutches it, Jake.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed