grabber

Example Sentences

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He had travelled to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, and March in Cambridgeshire, and as he drove through Willingham the crane's unsecured grabber moved and was hanging over the side of his trailer.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

He stood shin deep with a broom and grabber tool clearing a drain while his chief of staff captured the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The headliner grabber was Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of his exchange, FTX, but scores of other crypto companies went belly up.

From Slate • May 23, 2025

It’s a grabber of a premise, a kind of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” as reimagined by Charlie Kaufman.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

And by the gods, if Leo had to design a grabber arm long enough to snatch Percy and Annabeth out of Tartarus, then that’s what he would do.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan