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THE STREAMING WARS HAVE ESCALATED OVER TURF GRABSTIM PETERSONAUGUST 26, 2020DIGIDAYNow, two years after Ethiopia first teased the world with plans that as much of half of the country’s telecommunications industry was up for grabs, there is still no clear timetable for its implementation.
ETHIOPIA IS QUIETLY WALKING BACK PLANS TO OPEN UP AFRICA’S LAST BIG TELECOM SECTOR TO FOREIGN PLAYERSZECHARIAS ZELALEMAUGUST 19, 2020QUARTZYet that hasn’t stopped him from using the crisis to justify even more aggressive data grabs.
BRAZIL IS SLIDING INTO TECHNO-AUTHORITARIANISMTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWKayla Jimenez compiled a list of the seats that are up for grabs and the major initiatives that have already qualified in this week’s North County Report.
MORNING REPORT: THE RISE OF PRIVATE, NON-SCHOOL SCHOOLING OPTIONSVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 6, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThere are two City Council seats — District 2 and District 4 — up for grabs.
NORTH COUNTY REPORT: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE NOVEMBER BALLOT SO FARKAYLA JIMENEZAUGUST 5, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIn the crowded March 3 primary, the two candidates combined to win about 37 percent of the vote — Hegar’s 22 percent to West’s 15 percent — meaning there is a lot of unaligned support up for grabs today.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S ELECTIONS IN ALABAMA, MAINE AND TEXASGEOFFREY SKELLEY (GEOFFREY.SKELLEY@ABC.COM)JULY 14, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHis motto was, "Grab a dollar to-day—but don't meddle with it if it interferes with a thousand dollars in ten years."
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDJoe tried to grab him with the boathook, but it was useless, and the unhappy poltroon's body was whirled away.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANSure maybe you could grab that dough by blasting your way with the heaters plenty.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSJehosophat kicked at him with his wet feet, and tried to grab the fat red nose that hung down over the turkey's beak.
SEVEN O'CLOCK STORIESROBERT GORDON ANDERSONWORDS RELATED TO GRAB
- activate
- animate
- arouse
- build a fire under
- commove
- dynamize
- elate
- encourage
- energize
- enliven
- exhilarate
- fan
- fire
- fire up
- foment
- foster
- galvanize
- get one going
- get one started
- goad
- grab
- hook
- impel
- incite
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- jazz
- juice
- key up
- motivate
- move
- perk
- pique
- prod
- prompt
- quicken
- rouse
- send
- set up
- spark
- spirit
- spur
- steam up
- stir up
- support
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- vitalize
- vivify
- wake up
- whet
- work up
- activates
- animates
- arouses
- builds a fire under
- commoves
- dynamizes
- elates
- encourages
- energizes
- enlivens
- exhilarates
- fans
- fires
- fires up
- foments
- fosters
- galvanizes
- gets one goes
- gets one starts
- goads
- grabs
- hooks
- impels
- incites
- inflames
- innervates
- innerves
- inspires
- instigates
- jazzes
- juices
- key up
- motivates
- moves
- perks
- piques
- prods
- prompts
- quickens
- rouses
- sends
- sets up
- sparks
- spirits
- spurs
- steams up
- stirs up
- supports
- triggers
- turns on
- urges
- vitalizes
- vivifies
- wakes up
- whets
- works up
- amazes
- astounds
- awes
- bewilders
- blows away
- bowls over
- causes wonder
- confounds
- confuses
- consternates
- dazes
- dazzles
- discomfits
- disconcerts
- dismays
- dumbfounds
- electrifies
- flabbergasts
- floors
- jars
- jolts
- leaves aghast
- leaves open-mouthed
- nonpluses
- overwhelms
- perplexes
- petrifies
- rattles
- rocks
- shakes up
- shocks
- springs something on
- staggers
- startles
- strike dumb
- strikes with awe
- stuns
- stupefies
- takes aback
- takes one's breath away
- throws a curve
- unsettles
- abduct
- accept
- acquire
- arrest
- attain
- capture
- carry off
- carve out
- catch
- clasp
- clutch
- collar
- collect
- earn
- ensnare
- entrap
- gain possession
- gather up
- get hold of
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- handle
- haul in
- have
- hold
- lay hold of
- obtain
- overtake
- pick up
- prehend
- pull in
- reach
- reap
- receive
- secure
- seize
- snag
- snatch
- strike
- take hold of
- take in
- win
- accepts
- apprehends
- assumes
- believes
- catches
- compasses
- comprehends
- considers
- deems
- expects
- experiences
- feels
- follows
- gathers
- grasps
- holds
- imagines
- interprets as
- is aware of
- knows
- looks upon
- observes
- perceives
- presumes
- receives
- reckons
- regards
- sees
- sees as
- senses
- supposes
- suspects
- takes in
- thinks
- thinks of as
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