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As giant plant eating dinosaurs such as sauropods became more common, predators may have relied less on grasping prey with claws and more on delivering devastating bites.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
He prays for her before each game, looking up to the sky while grasping his wife’s necklace, then kissing a ring that has her fingerprint tattooed on it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"I'm not sure we are grasping this rare opportunity with the gusto that's needed and I cannot keep waiting around for a crisis to push for faster progress," Phillips said.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
The emperor’s face was frozen in a glare, and his arms were locked in an empty grip, as if even in his final moments he was grasping.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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