Example Sentences

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Rees-Zammit is back after an 18-month spell in the NFL at the Kansas City Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars and has been grabbing the headlines again.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

My family has been grabbing tacos from this truck on and off for the past decade, mostly because it’s so close to the lake, in the Shell gas station parking lot on Aurora.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

But a back injury caused him to miss several events, and the up and coming Johannes Lamparter of Austria has been grabbing victories.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022

My whole career has been grabbing bits of folklore and repurposing them, and testing out different meters and repurposing them.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2020

The Senate race in Texas has been grabbing headlines for weeks as Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke mounted a surprisingly strong campaign in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office since 1994.

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2018