as in to grab
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store
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Recent Examples of glom
But the filmmakers’ motivations for glomming on to Ed are depicted as being noble.
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Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Rather than glom onto Hayes Valley trendiness, Mark said the folks trying to fill the old Twitter headquarters should lean into the majestic building itself.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2025
While Billy pursues getting rich – not always in the most legal ways – a ridiculously cute alien thingie gloms on to him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Among them are psychoactive compounds mitragynine and 7-OH, which glom onto opioid receptors in the brain.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Rather than glom onto Hayes Valley trendiness, Mark said the folks trying to fill the old Twitter headquarters should lean into the majestic building itself.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2025
While Billy pursues getting rich – not always in the most legal ways – a ridiculously cute alien thingie gloms on to him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Among them are psychoactive compounds mitragynine and 7-OH, which glom onto opioid receptors in the brain.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glom
Verb
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Grant asks Chris about the boxing gloves now for sale in the night store, but Katie forestalls him by running over and grabbing them, nearly flattening Chris.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Demonstrators grabbed bricks from the ground to throw at police, as tear gas was deployed in Geneva's streets, witnesses told Reuters.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Running back Jonathon Brooks, who is returning from back-to-back ACL surgeries on his right knee, caught a pass across the middle from Young and blazed down the field through traffic.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Villa piled forward in the closing seconds on Saturday to snatch a late win when a point looked good enough against the league leaders.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2025
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The Carolina cornerback jumped Nacua’s route, snatched the ball from the air and then took off to the opposite end zone for a 48-yard pick-six in a three-point victory for the Panthers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Dec. 2025
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The Spurs made 14 3-pointers, a Finals record for one half, to seize control of this game in a stunning display of shot-making and poise.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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The Scarborough Shoal, known in the Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc and in China as Huangyan Dao, sits within Manila's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, but Beijing has maintained a near-constant presence around the shoal after seizing de facto control in a tense 2012 standoff.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Here's a look at the collectible pin and how to get it.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Dec. 2025
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Swift covered a variety of topics while speaking with Colbert, from her Kansas City Chiefs star fiancé Travis Kelce being the love of her life to getting her masters back.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Glom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glom. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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