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
The grabber arm began to turn like a corkscrew.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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