Word: grab
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...realistic goal for [Harvard] would be to come in and try to grab 4th or 5th place given the personnel we have,” Ezekwueche said. “That would send a statement to the league...
Quibell—only a sophomore—took out Harvard’s No. 1 Hall, the intercollegiate No. 4, in four games. Hall jumped out to an early lead, winning the first game 9-7. But Quibell stormed back to grab the next three games?...
...your backyard. Nor would this be the first time that hopes of bin Laden's imminent capture have risen, only to lead to disappointment. So no one, either in Washington or Afghanistan, is getting too giddy. Tracking bin Laden, the intelligence official says, is "kind of like trying to grab Jell-O before it solidifies...
...assets. He followed that with a biting attack in the Wall Street Journal Europe, but before that article saw print, Rybkin vanished. When he finally resurfaced four days later, he claimed he'd been drugged and held against his will. Was Rybkin's disappearing act a desperate grab for publicity, or a sign that things in Moscow are getting ugly in the run up to the March 14 election? When Rybkin told his story late last week at a press conference in London, where he had fled, it was the third version he had offered. In the first account...
...have felt ripped off if I had shelled out for an evening that was long on twaddle, but short on portions and meaningful culinary advice. But as it was, I headed out into the cold, determined to make the best of my newfound vegetarian knowledge. “Wanna grab a slice of pepperoni pizza?” I asked Andrew. “Thank God,” he said. “I’m starving...