grasped

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The Argentina defender had briefly grasped the ponytail of striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and was shown a red card after referee Paul Tierney was sent to the screen.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

After three two-hour sessions, my brain was spinning and I felt like I had only grasped about 30% of the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Godoy only fully grasped the answer before shooting Season 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Still under the influence of the propaganda she had absorbed as a child, she had not then grasped the degree of Mao’s cruelty and cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

From his experience at the Interzonal and the Candidates tournament in 1958–59, both held in Yugoslavia, he’d grasped enough of the language to at least autograph his name in Serbo-Croat.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady