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Analysts Tuesday said Mr. Al Attiyah's successor would have to grapped with the dilemma that OPEC now faces with crude nearing $100 a barrel.
Qatar Energy Minister Replaced Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011
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… Of course, reality quickly grapped me by the throat when I told this to my grandparents.
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He reached up a hand and grapped the edge of the duct tape on her mouth.
Thunder and Ashes Z.A. Recht 2008
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Brian climbed up onto the table and grapped a cup of tea this afternoon and burned his legs.
Another Bad Mother Moment baggyk 2004
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Everyone piles in, except I didn't want to get in and was the last one drunkenly standing on the sidewalk when one of the guys grapped my arm and pushed me into the car against my will.
partygirl Diary Entry partygirl 2000
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"In this instance Iran has already grapped the opportunity of a lack of any submarine capability in Southern Africa and has negotiated access of their submarines to Mozambican ports,"
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Jenny seen me an start screamin an flailin jus like she done in the pitcher show, an it suddenly occur to me that maybe she bein molested, so's I grapped the banjo player by his shirt, which was all he's got on anyhow, an snatched his ass off her.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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Colonel Gooch come an grapped the microphone away from me an set me back down, but all the reporters be scribblin in they notebooks an the photographers be takin pichers, an everbody in the audience goin wild, jumpin up an down an cheerin.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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The first part was easier, cause I could just shove the other guys 'heads down, but they were unhappy with the way I grapped the guy with the ball, an finally they made me go an tackle a big oak tree about fifteen or twenty times – to get the feel of it, I spose.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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Bubba done grapped a holt to my leg an his eyes got all cloudy an that terrible pink sky seem to drain all the color in his face.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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