How to Use to ground in a Sentence
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This series attempts to ground-truth some of the rhetoric flying around.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
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Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
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Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
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In autumn, after the leaves turn yellow, cut back any remaining foliage to ground level.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
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Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
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Juan Mejia replaced Romano and got Bryce Eldridge to ground out to second to end the game.
—ABC News, 11 July 2026
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These thunderstorms are producing an excessive amount of deadly cloud to ground lightning.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2026
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Populating the film with quality actors paid big dividends, helping to ground a film whose script rarely shied away from the ridiculous.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 July 2026
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Early in the second, Costa got the fight to ground early, worked his way to Durden’s back before securing the rear-naked choke submission win.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
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Chapman gave up back-to-back singles after his milestone strikeout, but got Jo Adell to ground into a double play to secure his 17th save.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
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Chapman allowed back-to-back singles after his milestone strikeout, but got Jo Adell to ground into a double play to secure his 17th save.
—ABC News, 4 July 2026
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Use statement light fixtures to ground minimalist spaces, balancing clean design with functional, eye-catching elements.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
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The intricacy with which Whitehead details the planning and execution of this caper marks him as a top-tier researcher — he’s drawn on many primary sources to ground this work of fiction in historical fact.
—Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has been more than 20 years in the making, and the Oscar-winning filmmaker was determined to ground Homer’s epic in the real world.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
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Montgomery got Michael Harris II to ground out to first before allowing a single to left field by Ozzie Albies, ending the bid at 6 1/3 innings.
—ABC News, 8 July 2026
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Detroit reliever Keider Montero (6-5) struck out five in 3 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, getting Denzer Guzman to ground out with runners on second and third to end the game.
—ABC News, 18 July 2026
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Museums also seek to ground longer-term strategic decisions more deeply in data and to measure and communicate their progress using data, according to a 2023 report by McKinsey & Company.
—Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
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Shared understanding enables autonomous systems to ground decisions in relationships, evidence and business meaning instead of disconnected fragments of enterprise information.
—Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Many of them gloss over the scientific details with just enough information to ground you in the world and give it an air of plausibility, like Doc Brown’s flux capacitor or The Doctor’s TARDIS.
—Amy Tordoff, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
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The Angels advanced only one runner to second base against the left-hander when Logan O’Hoppe and Mike Trout singled with one out in the sixth, but Skubal (6-5) got Vaughn Grissom to ground into an inning-ending double play.
—ABC News, 19 July 2026
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