grab
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New York's subway is known for being dirty, noisy and sometimes flooded, but that doesn't stop people from flocking to grab a seat, sign or other memorabilia at a unique annual auction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
He went back near the galley where he wouldn’t bother his seatmates and called his mom, asking her to grab a replacement pair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Feel free to grab yourself a hot drink and mull it over for a moment.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Payne instructed Evans that if that happened, she was to grab his arm, pick up the specially engineered torch that would never extinguish and light the fuse ball together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stepping off the block, I grab my phone from my bag and click on his message.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Thirty-five seats are up for grabs in November but analysis by the Cook Political Report suggests that only seven of them are toss-ups that could go either way.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
He maintains that club play before age 12 and expensive showcases before late high school are mostly unnecessary cash grabs by for-profit companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Whether it proves anything is, of course, up for grabs, but it surely helps “Chronovisor” remain wonderfully unclassifiable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
And the question of how the country’s premier history museum should tell the nation’s story is suddenly up for grabs.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
She grabs my hand, drags me to my feet.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
It ultimately went to Myha'la, partly because she had grabbed it first, although she sweetly suggested that the pair could keep it secret from the other players to protect both of them.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Everyone in the room grabbed either shakers or a small drum, and with Densmore instructing and conducting, the ensemble conjured what he called the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The petition has grabbed the attention of Jonathan Davies, Labour MP for Mid Derbyshire, who said he found out about it while knocking on his constituents' doors.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He preened, grabbed his oversized scissors and opened his mouth to boast, but no one could hear a single word over the deafening roar of Marine One’s idling engines.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
I grabbed my coat and left the house.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The actress became visibly emotional as she recounted the events of the crypt and attempted to justify grabbing the shield before offering it to Fry.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“They set the tone for us defensively. There was a lot of physicality, a lot of grabbing and holding, a lot of disruption without gambling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
“We’re diving under the water and grabbing these big old catfish. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some emergency-response experts express concern that people will waste precious minutes grabbing an anti-choking device when they should be doing back blows, the Heimlich maneuver—officially known as abdominal thrusts—or CPR.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I’ll have to race around the entire archives grabbing them one by one.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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