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The streaming wars have escalated over turf grabs|Tim Peterson|August 26, 2020|Digiday
Now, two years after Ethiopia first teased the world with plans that as much of half of the country’s telecommunications industry was up for grabs, there is still no clear timetable for its implementation.
Ethiopia is quietly walking back plans to open up Africa’s last big telecom sector to foreign players|Zecharias Zelalem|August 19, 2020|Quartz
Yet that hasn’t stopped him from using the crisis to justify even more aggressive data grabs.
Brazil is sliding into techno-authoritarianism|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Kayla Jimenez compiled a list of the seats that are up for grabs and the major initiatives that have already qualified in this week’s North County Report.
Morning Report: The Rise of Private, Non-School Schooling Options|Voice of San Diego|August 6, 2020|Voice of San Diego
There are two City Council seats — District 2 and District 4 — up for grabs.
North County Report: What We Know About the November Ballot So Far|Kayla Jimenez|August 5, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The officers approached Garner and tried to grab hold of him, but he swatted their hands away.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem|Marlow Stern|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Johnson would tell the grand jury that he never saw Brown stick his hand inside the car and grab the gun.
90 Seconds of Fury in Ferguson Are the Key to Making Peace in America|Michael Daly|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With every grab, the idea that law and politics are separate becomes harder for anyone to believe.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes|Jedediah Purdy|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What one side tries to take off the table, to turn from “politics” into “law,” the other side is always trying to grab back.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes|Jedediah Purdy|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is unclear if Kerry will be able to grab a bottle or two from the cubby the next time he passes through Moldova.
Meditation Rugs, Swords, and Horse Head Fiddles: The Strangest Gifts Given to Government Bigwigs|Ben Jacobs|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The man on the grab replied that she lay outside, a dozen boat lengths.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
Uncle Wiggily looked up, and there was a big snake, just going to grab him.
Uncle Wiggily's Adventures|Howard R. Garis
And the harder you want 'em the quicker you are on the grab.
Torchy, Private Sec.|Sewell Ford
But now it had come so near, that it almost seemed as though, with one bound he could grab it.
Six Little Ducklings|Katharine Pyle
Not that it didn't make me grab for hand-holds for a minute or two, mind you.
The City of Numbered Days|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for grab
grab
/ (ɡræb) /
verbgrabs, grabbingorgrabbed
to seize hold of (something)
(tr)to seize illegally or unscrupulously
(tr)to arrest; catch
(intr)(of a brake or clutch in a vehicle) to grip and release intermittently causing juddering
(tr)informalto catch the attention or interest of; impress
noun
the act or an instance of grabbing
a mechanical device for gripping objects, esp the hinged jaws of a mechanical excavator
something that is grabbed
up for grabsinformalavailable to be bought, claimed, or won
Derived forms of grab
grabber, noun
Word Origin for grab
C16: probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch grabben; related to Swedish grabba, Sanskrit grbhnāti he seizes