come to grips

Example Sentences

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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

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

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

“I’m hoping that they’ll come to grips with how the American people are suffering,” said another.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

So trust me when I say that I can’t quite come to grips with my new habit, one that I’m hugely embarrassed to be admitting in public.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2025

“I was ten. The guests were their age. Don’t make excuses for them. I have to come to grips with this now and forever.”

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson