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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisting
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In one segment, when Kimmel and McNearney pick up a hitchhiking Olivia Rodrigo while taking the family to school, Jane shows off her personality, clasping her hands over her mouth in disbelief when Rodrigo enters the car, only to sing-along with the pop star on her way to school.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026 -
McDaniels held onto Murray for dear life — often literally clasping his jersey — as the Nuggets tried to run him off every conceivable screen.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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Footage released by Xinhua shows humanoid robots gripping parcels from containers and placing them onto sorting lines, while autonomous forklifts transport loads through the warehouse floor.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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The deadly heat wave gripping northwest Europe is set to intensify in Spain and France, lifting power demand for cooling and threatening fresh temperature records.—
Joe Wertz,
Bloomberg,
28 May 2026
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Another project, Grasp-MPC, focused on robotic grasping in cluttered environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Lovebugs are vegetarians who feed on pollen and nectar and lack the speed, the jaws and grasping legs to catch and slaughter a mosquito.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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Madueke departed 10 minutes from time clutching at a sore hamstring.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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After calling out comics Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe for some of their jokes at Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast, Chelsea Handler is now facing her own backlash for clutching her pearls over the offensive humor.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Locally, these priorities have taken shape as the SHIPS for America Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at modernizing domestic shipyards, supporting a business corridor along Interstate 80, and securing funding for climate resiliency projects to counteract sea-level rise.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Katrina Talamantes ran unopposed in the 3rd District, securing re-election to a third term.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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The National Federation of Independent Business has warned that small businesses and consumers who rely on energy, rather than oil giants, will end up holding the bag.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Ahead of the endorsement vote, Klobuchar supporters holding batons with flashing green lights dominated the convention floor.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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“Fisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisting. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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