grabbling

verb

present participle of grabble
as in grabbing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabbling
  1. grabbing
  2. snatching
  3. seizing
  4. capturing
  5. clutching
Verb
  • San Martin was also tasked with grabbing the cash tray, which contained $17,000.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The question of how law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services will be affected by these potential tax cuts have fueled headline-grabbing debates across the state.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • This tour represents Brooks’ latest effort to push back against music industry headwinds — specifically, spiraling ticket prices and bots or brokers snatching up prime tickets during onsales before fans have access.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Running around snatching pythons out of the jungle isn't my idea of fun, but someone has to do it.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of snatching
Verb
  • Weafer said Russia may be seizing control of foreign companies in anticipation of a deal to secure Russian assets frozen abroad.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Agents raided his Ogden home, seizing six live pipe bombs, bomb-making gear, and two rifles.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • Developed by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, the system, called Fast Feature Field (F³), processes information from event cameras, which detect changes in light rather than capturing conventional images.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The latest season, currently being aired, depicts a fictional Chinese intelligence agency capturing and torturing some of the Japanese spies.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • The model was escorted off the show’s set while clutching her face.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026
  • A little boy sitting quietly, clutching a photocopy of his mother’s ID card.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of clutching
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