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At this time, our perpetrator grabs (Fayaz) in a headlock, points the gun at his head, and demands the money. – Detectives James Essig	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We got into the elevator and he grabs my hand, he said, ‘Last night, I told God that if he got you through this, that I would serve him.’ I started crying. I felt it was like a gift to me. When you go into brain surgery, there are a lot of risks… And this was the most major surgery of my life. But God gave this to me. And then my mother gave her life to the Lord while she was taking care of me. There was so much redemption. And we were finally healing. – Cristina Baker	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I got a dog out of the hospital, and I'm taking him for a walk, and he lifts his leg to take a pee and his guts were hanging out. His guts were hanging out, and so I'm like, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ I took him back, and I'm trying to talk to the vet who doesn't speak English, and I just point them in, and he looks down, and he grabs the dog and takes him up into surgery… we had dogs that had been shot eight times and lost the ability to walk. – War Relief -RRB- Fine	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear. – unknown	added by unochickie 1 year ago
To geolocate it we did what's called a panorama, so we created various screen grabs from the footage that looked significant. – Kate Polglase	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety. – Jonathan Hatami	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The author is basically saying every defendant should be released pretrial no matter the underlying charge, no matter any public safety concerns because all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety. – Jonathan Hatami	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He turns and is on me, he's on me in a flash. He grabs the shotgun, what were you thinking? – Travis McMichael	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What Veterans's What Veterans, the Republican Party has become this enormous troll farm. And you know, at the top you have Donald Trump troll and Donald Trump occupies most of the bandwidth so if you're going to get any attention and you want to raise funds you've got to do outrageous things... and eventually one grabs. – David Andelman	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is yet another attempt by Republicans to censor the voices of people of color following 10 months of power grabs like advancing anti-voter legislation, discriminatory redistricting maps, and censoring what educators teach in school. – Victoria Neave	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The guy completely grabs him. I thought it should have definitely been a pass interference, obviously if it had been them they probably would have called it, but that's just part of the game, part of the rivalry. – Bo Nix	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The dominance of Instagram among the age group that was already at greatest risk of eating disorders is one [ issue ], you've got a vicious cycle : You've got a group who are at elevated risk of these problems demonstrating to this artificial intelligence that this is what grabs their attention, and then that artificial intelligence says,' Here let me give you more of this.' ... It's just a perfect storm. – Pamela Keel	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Every spot is up for grabs if you were to ask Vlatko about it, right now, it’s just about competing as hard as I can for that. – World Cup-winning	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Everything is up for grabs. But of course, there is no market for department stores, they are, for all intent and purposes, done. – Mark Cohen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Thats why she is who she is. You are playing in front of the best tennis player in the world, if you dont take it, she just grabs it. And theres no chance to take it back. – Elina Svitolina	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
In April I accidentally posted an insta story that showed nipple, once I realized, I deleted. The people who took screen grabs are trying to get money from me, some said they have offers to sell them, some are asking for money to not post the photo. – Whitney Cummings	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Have good luck on everything you're doing, when he comes back I'll just jump on him and almost grab him. And he grabs me tight. So I would say,' Daddy, you grab me tight.' It takes it all out of my lungs ! . – Jenny Lee Maldonado	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When he comes back I'll just jump on him and almost grab him. And he grabs me tight. So I would say,' Daddy, you grab me tight.' It takes it all out of my lungs ! . – Jenny Lee Maldonado	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If Stacey Abrams wins or even comes close, I think it confirms the view that some of us have held for a while : that New Georgia is becoming a swing state and that in the not-distant future... could be up for grabs in the presidential election. – Alan Abramowitz	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A [ rattlesnake ] popped out and grabs me on the side of the boot, i jumped a little bit and turned to my side, and saw that both of his fangs were stuck in my boot. – Dennis Crow	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Between the black box proprietary code, barebones computers we call voting machines and a mass of completely unqualified election officials, our election system is up for grabs to anybody with even a modest interest and some script kiddie capability. The cyber-kinetic attack surface here is wide open. – James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology	added by anonymous 7 years ago
There are a lot of villages, particularly across the delta, which have lost almost all of their agricultural land to land grabs. – Tim Millar	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
She grabbed me and she had something in her hand, I don’t know what it was, it looked like it could have been a pen. But you know, from the standpoint of where we are, who knows what it is. So she grabs me and then he maybe brushed her aside, and we’re going to destroy his life for that ? I don’t think so. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It looked like it could have been a pen. But you know, from the standpoint of where we are, who knows what it is. So she grabs me and then he maybe brushed her aside, and we’re going to destroy his life for that ? I don’t think so. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 8 years ago

At this time, our perpetrator grabs (Fayaz) in a headlock, points the gun at his head, and demands the money.

– Detectives James Essig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We got into the elevator and he grabs my hand, he said, ‘Last night, I told God that if he got you through this, that I would serve him.’ I started crying. I felt it was like a gift to me. When you go into brain surgery, there are a lot of risks… And this was the most major surgery of my life. But God gave this to me. And then my mother gave her life to the Lord while she was taking care of me. There was so much redemption. And we were finally healing.

– Cristina Baker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I got a dog out of the hospital, and I'm taking him for a walk, and he lifts his leg to take a pee and his guts were hanging out. His guts were hanging out, and so I'm like, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ I took him back, and I'm trying to talk to the vet who doesn't speak English, and I just point them in, and he looks down, and he grabs the dog and takes him up into surgery… we had dogs that had been shot eight times and lost the ability to walk.

– War Relief -RRB- Fine

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give it: you are like the drowning man who can't be helped because he clutches and grabs. Perhaps your own reiterated cries deafen you to the voice you hoped to hear.

– unknown

added by unochickie
1 year ago

To geolocate it we did what's called a panorama, so we created various screen grabs from the footage that looked significant.

– Kate Polglase

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety.

– Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The author is basically saying every defendant should be released pretrial no matter the underlying charge, no matter any public safety concerns because all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety.

– Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He turns and is on me, he's on me in a flash. He grabs the shotgun, what were you thinking?

– Travis McMichael

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What Veterans's What Veterans, the Republican Party has become this enormous troll farm. And you know, at the top you have Donald Trump troll and Donald Trump occupies most of the bandwidth so if you're going to get any attention and you want to raise funds you've got to do outrageous things... and eventually one grabs.

– David Andelman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is yet another attempt by Republicans to censor the voices of people of color following 10 months of power grabs like advancing anti-voter legislation, discriminatory redistricting maps, and censoring what educators teach in school.

– Victoria Neave

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The guy completely grabs him. I thought it should have definitely been a pass interference, obviously if it had been them they probably would have called it, but that's just part of the game, part of the rivalry.

– Bo Nix

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The dominance of Instagram among the age group that was already at greatest risk of eating disorders is one [ issue ], you've got a vicious cycle : You've got a group who are at elevated risk of these problems demonstrating to this artificial intelligence that this is what grabs their attention, and then that artificial intelligence says,' Here let me give you more of this.' ... It's just a perfect storm.

– Pamela Keel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Every spot is up for grabs if you were to ask Vlatko about it, right now, it’s just about competing as hard as I can for that.

– World Cup-winning

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Everything is up for grabs. But of course, there is no market for department stores, they are, for all intent and purposes, done.

– Mark Cohen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Thats why she is who she is. You are playing in front of the best tennis player in the world, if you dont take it, she just grabs it. And theres no chance to take it back.

– Elina Svitolina

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

In April I accidentally posted an insta story that showed nipple, once I realized, I deleted. The people who took screen grabs are trying to get money from me, some said they have offers to sell them, some are asking for money to not post the photo.

– Whitney Cummings

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Have good luck on everything you're doing, when he comes back I'll just jump on him and almost grab him. And he grabs me tight. So I would say,' Daddy, you grab me tight.' It takes it all out of my lungs ! .

– Jenny Lee Maldonado

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When he comes back I'll just jump on him and almost grab him. And he grabs me tight. So I would say,' Daddy, you grab me tight.' It takes it all out of my lungs ! .

– Jenny Lee Maldonado

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If Stacey Abrams wins or even comes close, I think it confirms the view that some of us have held for a while : that New Georgia is becoming a swing state and that in the not-distant future... could be up for grabs in the presidential election.

– Alan Abramowitz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A [ rattlesnake ] popped out and grabs me on the side of the boot, i jumped a little bit and turned to my side, and saw that both of his fangs were stuck in my boot.

– Dennis Crow

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Between the black box proprietary code, barebones computers we call voting machines and a mass of completely unqualified election officials, our election system is up for grabs to anybody with even a modest interest and some script kiddie capability. The cyber-kinetic attack surface here is wide open.

– James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

added by anonymous
7 years ago

There are a lot of villages, particularly across the delta, which have lost almost all of their agricultural land to land grabs.

– Tim Millar

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

She grabbed me and she had something in her hand, I don’t know what it was, it looked like it could have been a pen. But you know, from the standpoint of where we are, who knows what it is. So she grabs me and then he maybe brushed her aside, and we’re going to destroy his life for that ? I don’t think so.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It looked like it could have been a pen. But you know, from the standpoint of where we are, who knows what it is. So she grabs me and then he maybe brushed her aside, and we’re going to destroy his life for that ? I don’t think so.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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