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  1. clinging

    Upādāna is a Sanskrit and Pali word that means "fuel, material cause, substrate that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized". It is also an important Buddhist concept referring to "attachment, clinging, grasping". It is considered to be the result of taṇhā (craving), and is part of the dukkha (dissatisfaction, suffering, pain) doctrine in Buddhism.

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  1. Clinging

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clinging in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clinging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of clinging in a Sentence

  1. Bernard Jenkin:

    I just said to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ‘ Look, it’s just when you go now, and it’s how you go, you can go with some dignity or you can be forced out like Donald Trump, clinging to power and pretending Donald Trump’s won the election when Donald Trump’s lost. ’’ Weeks earlier British Prime Minister Boris Johnson narrowly survived a no-confidence vote from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson own Conservative party. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

  2. Pamela Anderson:

    This is torture, seaWorld is clinging desperately to the past. We all know captive orcas go insane and suffer terribly when separated from their families.

  3. Josh Haner:

    I flew a drone above the island showing just how precarious its location is : Homes clinging to the edge of an eroding coastline as unrelenting waves chisel away at what remains, after I saw what was happening on Ejit, I realized that climate change is not something nebulous that will only start affecting us in the future, but rather something happening right now. Residents are being forced to make the most difficult decision : Do they stay and build sea walls to buy some more time, or do they relocate ?

  4. Juan Sosa:

    Family members were clinging on each other, and that's good because they were able to hold one another and support one another.

  5. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

    If the history question is handled properly, then relations between the three countries can progress. If not, then they will certainly stall, this certainly isn't China and South Korea clinging on to old debts, but because for these three countries there is no way to avoid history, and it cannot be overlooked.

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