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
The slivers glommed together and built up the continental margin.
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Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
Who are the types of people who are glomming on to this manifesto?
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Get ready to glom onto your TV this month and never part ways.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The way that Pliny saw it, astrology was small-minded fatalism, in which people glommed onto meaningless symbols for a sense of identity.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
Who are the types of people who are glomming on to this manifesto?
—Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Get ready to glom onto your TV this month and never part ways.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The way that Pliny saw it, astrology was small-minded fatalism, in which people glommed onto meaningless symbols for a sense of identity.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glom
Verb
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But Sunday, unfortunately for him, slipped away quickly as World No. 1 grabbed his fifth season title.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Four prisoners had to take turns using a bunk bed just to grab a few hours of sleep.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Those performances for Santa Fe caught the attention of Fluminense, one of the giants of Brazilian football.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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But that’s why the piece decrying a (for now) defunct U.S. Senate bill to sell some of our public lands to the highest bidder caught my eye.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The man who snatched Roc, who was described as being in his 20s and was last seen sporting a black Yankees cap and medium-length braids, remained on the loose Thursday.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Once, Hockenson snatched a pass that McCarthy would have admitted wasn’t accurate enough.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To offer a personal example, early in my career at a Hollywood studio, physical presence in a collaborative office was a valuable part of my learning — and gave me opportunities to seize unspoken opportunities.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Corporate executives in the technology sector, eager to curry favor, seized on the talking point.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The person who brought in the phone also told police about a DoorDash purchase of rubber gloves and garbage bags and a search history on the phone, such as how to get from Flint to Ohio, Bagiano testified.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Tommy Fleetwood finally got the job done and won his first PGA Tour event.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Glom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glom. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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