Example Sentences

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A flurry of public resignations have gripped the artificial-intelligence industry this week.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Fears of an artificial-intelligence bubble have gripped financial markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

He suggests concerns over AI spending that have gripped the market lately are transient.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Almost daily protests have gripped Serbia since November, after the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station roof that killed 16 people.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

And while I was watching that thing another great billow came in with a roar, and hurled the double spar back, and not so far from me but I might have gripped it.

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