grab
verb (used with object)
have grabbed
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present perfectof grab.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mega-listings expected from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and artificial-intelligence developers Anthropic and OpenAI have grabbed headlines and fed the buoyant outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Large-scale real-life use cases remain elusive, but ambitious trials have grabbed headlines.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and the world’s wealthiest person, may have grabbed the headlines as his Department of Government Efficiency took a chainsaw to budgets and staffing.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
It was the meeting between Xi, Kim and Putin - not just the weapons and troops on show - that appears to have grabbed the attention of Donald Trump.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Hot Pie must have grabbed her, like Gendry had told him.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
