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Those are realities that the media, the activist community and people in government need to come to grips with.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

If that special story is wrong, he said, the Fed has “to come to grips with that” by acknowledging rates may not be high enough to bring down inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

U.S. companies and the federal government haven’t come to grips with Americans’ longer lives, Stern says.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

That choice Renly had denied himself in his headlong rush to come to grips with his brother.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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