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Recent Examples of grabbleIn places were grabbling sticks and the like aren’t allowed, noodlers get the extra reach by way of their feet.—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
The suspects, seen grabbing armfuls of merchandise during multiple rounds of theft, reportedly fled in a U-Haul truck, Lower Merion Police told Fox 29 Philadelphia.
On Iowa State’s next possession, TCU senior safety Bud Clark came up with a massive interception right before the two-minute timeout, giving TCU a great opportunity to seize control of the game with the Horned Frogs getting the ball at halftime.
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
Pokrovsk would be the largest city Russia has seized since Bakhmut in May 2023.
Pennsylvania authorities revealed Tuesday that surveillance video captured a brazen Lululemon smash-and-grab, with two masked individuals using a sledgehammer to carry out the overnight break-in.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Iran woke up over the weekend to dramatic scenes of US forces landing in the Venezuelan capital Caracas to capture Tehran’s ally President Nicolas Maduro and move him to the US in a brazen nighttime operation that saw the president and his wife get dragged out of their bedroom.
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