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"Grasping all of that in the span of a year when it is the biggest year of my life going into university was a struggle," she said.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025
Grasping the microphone, Chiles had one final statement to make:
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025
Grasping for hope, Ouamouno thought that perhaps the stillbirth could mean his wife, his childhood sweetheart, would be spared.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023
Grasping at possibility doesn’t begin to ease the struggle of the present.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Grasping his hand, she pulled him into the maid's apartment between 4c and 4D and shut the door.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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