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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
At one point, Nelson appears to snatch the other driver’s sunglasses from his forehead and heave them across the parking lot.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2026
Egypt exited the tournament but claimed it had been treated unfairly after Argentina overturned a 2-0 deficit to snatch victory with a stoppage-time winner from Enzo Fernández.
Arthur Kaluma seized his Summer League moment in Las Vegas, scoring 34 points in the Lakers’ 91-70 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
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Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2026
And some have responded by seizing the female obsession with looks, already rooted in misogyny, and rebranding it with maximum toxicity—in other words, by becoming looksmaxxers.
Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan capture their fourth straight major with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo at Wimbledon.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
Surveillance cameras captured a person dressed in dark clothing on a nearby roof overlooking the courtyard less than ten minutes before the killing, prosecutors said in charging documents.