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The press, gripped by Herman's not-especially-notable part in the Democratic National Committee fund-raising scandal, has largely ignored the many interesting convolutions in her various roles.
Someone who is `taking risks' is feeling brave , and when he falls, he is peeling . Any climber who comes to a stop through `lack of energy' is bonked out . If this is caused by a `lack of food,' he is suffering from hunger knock . A climber who is feeling nervous is being gripped .
The Taliban is both a product of and a reaction to the civil war that has gripped Afghanistan since the demise of the Soviet-backed regime in 1992.
He recognized a Christian duty to charity but was gripped by a fear that his charity would be wasted, thereby incriminating him in sin.
After dissection, the tendons of the dissected fibers were gripped with small pieces of T-shaped aluminum foil as close to the ends of the fibers as possible.