come to grips
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Only afterwards did he have a moment to come to grips with his life-changing performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Those are realities that the media, the activist community and people in government need to come to grips with.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 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
In the meantime, he had finally come to grips with what had happened in his life and what hadn’t.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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