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grabbled

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past tense of grabble

as in grabbed

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Village officials said the coyote grabbed a small dog from a yard in the Tangley Oaks subdivision.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Freeland grabbed at his back after delivering a pitch to Ben Rortvedt, who flied out on the play, and was removed after allowing four runs on six hits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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The thieves then snatched the paintings and fled through the museum’s gardens—the whole heist took place in under three minutes.

— News Desk, Artforum, 17 Aug. 2026
The second was produced by Jahdae Barron, who alertly snatched a ball out of the air that had been tipped by linebacker Karene Reid and then raced 97 yards for a touchdown.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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When asked about the spate of shootings, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told NPR that the task force has made more than 11,000 arrests and seized more than 2,000 firearms.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Investors seized on that weakness, many placing bets that the cryptocurrency would be stuck in that range for some time to come.

— Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

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Deputies and police officers already at the courthouse pursued Guerrero during a brief foot chase and captured him, officials said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Rosalind Franklin captured the critical X-ray diffraction image that proved the double-helix structure of DNA.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of captured

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Erblin Ademi clutched the photo of his father holding him as a little boy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Throughout his wanderings, the uxorious Odysseus clings to a little doll figure, intended to represent his wife (like the spinning top clutched by Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Inception'); the real woman is barely more interesting.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 July 2026

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