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The real analogy that the VA’s Mr. McDonald was groping for is France.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2016

But the fact that she was groping to distance herself from Netanyahu in a presidential debate was remarkable. 

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2016

Seeing in this gesture that he was groping toward sanity, we hired a lawyer.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012

He beat Ponting's outside edge, he varied his pace and the Australian captain was groping, still searching for the run to avoid the pair.

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2010

He pointed his Transvice at the broken window, where a man’s arm had snaked through the narrow gap and was groping along the walls.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner