groping

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Vandier said AI is turning military intelligence analysis from a task of groping in darkness for targets to one of sifting through piles of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Mark Wood, in his first match since March because of injury and the weather, hurled a 95mph delivery that had Muhammad Rizwan groping at fresh air.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

Iran and the United States are groping their way out of several simultaneous crises, including over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

“We are but darkened groping souls, that know not the light often because of its very blinding radiance,” wrote W.E.B.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka