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grabs

  • present tense form
    of grab (3rd person singular).
    grab
    verb (used with object)
    to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch.

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He grabs at him and pulls off his shirt, but Mike keeps running.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Last year’s event offered a golf-record $50 million, while this season’s was supposed to have $40 million up for grabs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Australian creative content was not "up for grabs", and the new laws will provide "the strongest possible protection for Australian artists and Australian media", Albanese said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s the “remarkable structural repricing” of Japan, though, that grabs the attention.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

When the soldiers leave the room, he rushes past the pile of seized materials, grabs the diary, and hurries to the bathroom.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly