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• The state has stepped up testing in the centers to get a grip on the spread.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 21 Sep. 2020
• Less clear are the elements that will shift the most, and how couples and guests can get a grip on them.
  — New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• Ohio State could not get a grip on the health of its tailbacks for the entire second half of the season.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
• The Islanders, built around structure and patient and stout defense in front of their net, never were able to get a grip on the game.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2021
• Steel outside and glass insert inside, these are simple in design, easy to get a grip on and keep 10 ounces of your wine cool.
  — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• As the city scrambled to get a grip on a Covid outbreak earlier this year, its leaders fumbled.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• The unrest was fed by a fuel shortage and anger the government is unable to get a grip on kidnappings.
  — NBC News, 21 Oct. 2021
• The arboretum had run through four presidents in 12 years and wanted someone to get a grip on weak finances.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• But on Wednesday Garrison made clear there is still a long way to go for the military to get a grip on the extremism problem.
  — Barbara Starr, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
• Countries also need to get a grip on their leaky pipework—roughly a quarter of drinking water in Europe is lost this way.
  — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• Arizona and Sonora are both struggling to get a grip on the new coronavirus pandemic.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2020
• But Sunbelt cities are trying to get a grip on the traffic by expanding road and public transport networks.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
• The agreement is the government’s latest effort to get a grip on a problem that has vexed airlines and regulators all year.
  — Alison Sider, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
• The creation of the book was a process of digging into a time and a place, and trying to get a grip on it, like looking at an old photo of a family member and straining to understand them.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
• Confused, Delphine tries to get a grip on herself and quietly investigate the claim.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 July 2022
• The question is, can our crude statistical methods ever get a grip on this diffuse but all-powerful net?
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2011
• Any further rebellions like Burnham’s will bolster the sense of an administration struggling to get a grip on the crisis.
  — Thomas Penny, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• The Sunshine Honey stunt is a clever play on the looming questions around Lottie and her intentions, as the adult survivor has been struggling in recent episodes to get a grip on reality.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
• One of the prudent ways to get a grip on the situation is to study the behavior of the world’s largest companies—business titans whose decisions have follow-on effects for the rest of the economy.
  — Venkat Viswanathan, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• As part of its efforts to tighten monetary policy and get a grip on inflation, which now stands near 10%, the bank is planning to sell £80 billion of UK government bonds each year.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• Politicians also say a heavy political price could be paid come election season if the city doesn't get a grip on increasing violence.
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
• Western officials say Russia recently appointed a new top general for the war, Alexander Dvornikov, to try to get a grip on its campaign.
  — Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• Spain has suffered a contraction in the second quarter of almost 18%, and the situation could get a lot worse if the authorities don’t swiftly get a grip on the situation.
  — Alberto Nardelli, Bloomberg.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• Iranian authorities have struggled to get a grip on protests that originated after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amin at the hands of police in September.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2022
• To get a grip on the violence, and the growing list of unsolved cases, Hartford police have invited 15 state police personnel to embed with the department.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2020
• But Messina can’t quite get a grip on the patriarchy-pushing Will, whose marital devotion cracks when Joy becomes too busy with her clandestine activism to put dinner on the table.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
• Winter is coming, and public-health experts say governments need to get a grip on infections or risk overwhelming hospitals with sick patients.
  — Andrew Barnett, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2020
• And as the city scrambled to get a grip on a Covid outbreak earlier this year, its leaders lurched back and forth between more and less restrictive policies, causing an exodus, especially of foreigners.
  — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• Factors like the war in Ukraine and ongoing worker shortages are also contributing to inflation and complicating the Fed's ability to get a grip on the situation.
  — USA Today, 4 Nov. 2022
• While privately many Republicans will be relieved at his ascension after the combustible Trump, the troubles awaiting Biden are so daunting that even a veteran of a half-century in politics may struggle to get a grip on the ship of state.
  — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2021