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Examples
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This is a desperate incumbent grasping at staws, I hope every gay person and gambler in the state shows up at the polls tomorrow to vote this HATEMONGER out of office.
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I'd suggest you are grasping at staws to defend Bush and Kirk for not finishing the job in Afghanistan.
It is what it is in Pakistan. Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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+ The third class, tacit invocation and signs prepared by man, includes geomancy from points or lines on paper or pebbles thrown at random; drawing of staws; throwing dice; cutting cards; letting
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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This is just clutching at staws to justify a genocide and stone throwing.
The Times of India 2010
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The great state of maine, and it's infinite wisdom, feel the need to crasp at staws ........
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Mr. Rude is grasping at staws to make the jury believe he was unaware of police policy, how many years did he work for the Austin PD?
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Send me your address and I'll ship you out a case of staws so you'll have something new to grasp at.
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Send me your address and I'll ship you out a case of staws so you'll have something new to grasp at.
Patterico's Pontifications Pons Asinorum 2008
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