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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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Votes will be cast for all 435 seats in the US House of Representatives, and a third of the 100 seats in the Senate are up for grabs.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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", 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

I’m lucky I have Autumn near me, though, because anytime I trip and stumble over one, she grabs me by my dashiki and pulls me back into motion.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer