- present participle of grasp.
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Or "who is your team at the Cup?" without grasping it's the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
One reason for the fascination with Musk’s status as a “trillionaire” may be the very human difficulty of grasping such a big number.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Nor could Wilder in his greatest play: Life, he reminds us, is precious but evanescent, and all too often we move through it without grasping its value and its beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
McAfee, not fully grasping why people would want to drink milk that was unpasteurized, nonetheless went to his silo, filled half-gallon containers and packed them in ice chests.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Betsie came into the dining room as Mietje was grasping my hand in her two sandpaper ones.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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