grabbed

verb

past tense of grab
as in snatched
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly don't grab my arm like that

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Recent Examples of grabbed One of the officers grabbed a protester who was filming him and deployed pepper spray after a brief struggle. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The story grabbed worldwide attention and ended tragically when the baby’s body was found in the woods just a few miles from home. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026 At one point, Koy grabbed the microphone’s cord and held it up to his nose, mimicking the oxygen mask Harrison wore. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026 Later that week, van den Noort grabbed a bucket, a few Mason jars and a smartphone and got into his rusty Saab. — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026 His family says a group of men grabbed his sister near Elm Street, prompting a verbal altercation involving Boling. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 The kids immediately rushed back, grabbed roasting sticks, and dug in. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2026 On the Gold Coast, in Old Westbury, a doctor named Martin Turetsky had a two-acre lot and a pitch that grabbed Jaffe’s attention. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026 And when Buzelis grabbed that pass out of the air, double-clutching on his way to a dunk, the Bulls could hear for a moment the tune of a new future for this team. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabbed
  1. snatched
  2. seized
  3. caught
  4. captured
  5. landed
  6. got
  7. snagged
Verb
  • And yet, in all three of those games, the Knights were well on their way to a win only to have victory snatched from their grasp.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Trying to shadow Illinois recruit Bennett Konkey, Reid Williams swooped in and snatched the ball out of the air.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of snatched
Verb
  • The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Digest Now that the Democratic Party has seized control of Congress, what does that mean for culture, including the debacle over the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and arts funding?
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of seized
Verb
  • Phillips caught a bad break when her approach to the green hit a tree branch on its upward flight and dropped 20 yards short of the green.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • China was also caught in the regional sell-off, with the tech-heavy STAR Market and the ChiNext Artificial Intelligence Index both tumbling more than 4%.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of caught
Verb
  • His voice, captured on an iPhone microphone, is strikingly deep, a rumble beneath McDoom’s sweetly lilting delivery.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • And in Georgia, Democrats captured a governorship in a premier presidential swing state in Tuesday's midterm elections, winning the governor's office for the first time since 1998.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of captured
Verb
  • The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of landed
Verb
  • When this 2008 institution from Elmhurst, Queens opened an outpost within Manhattan’s Chelsea Market, even more New Yorkers got access to its exceptional, home-style Thai cooking.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Hurricanes never got closer than six points the rest of the night.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • The Rams snagged two during their 24-9 victory over the Chargers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This is far from the first time Earth has snagged itself a mini-moon, more accurately called a temporary satellite.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of snagged

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