coming to grips with
Example Sentences
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"It's really immense and we are still coming to grips with the extent the damage."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Here’s a closer look at some of the biggest challenges that retirees and would-be retirees are facing and how legislators and policymakers are coming to grips with them:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
In Tokyo, she dedicated her medal to "everyone in our lovely little land" as the world was still coming to grips with life post-Covid.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Many institute leaders are coming to grips with the idea that relying almost exclusively on an aging volunteer workforce isn’t the most sustainable long-term strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
It was a devastating realization, coming to grips with the fact that all your life you had never really known the person you loved the most.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
