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It has the same horse-shaped head tilted down from the body, the same curled and grasping tail, and in the males a fully enclosed pouch for brooding the young.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“The Idiot” is Dostoevsky at his least bombastic; it often feels like he is writing blind, grasping for an idea or a character that keeps escaping him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But there I was, grasping my husband’s hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As children, we sense the edges of these silences without fully grasping them.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nok had been grasping for that light her whole life.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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