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ERROL MORRIS: So it was just a grab for power, power for its own sake, by Mrs. Wilson?

One wrong step and I could either make a desperate, flailing grab for the boat or be over my head in water!

He made a grab for the letters, but Dobby jumped out of reach.

What matter is that, I can kind of look back and say, "pretty much anytime I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it. "

Privatisation in Russia degenerated into a morally dubious grab for assets by a new class of oligarchs.

The establishment of an economic government for the eurozone will be regarded by eurosceptics as a political power grab for Europe.

He made a savage grab for the knife.

He made a grab for David's gun, which was an error.

In the US and Europe, the great grab for bonuses tells us that banks are still being run in the interests of the managers, not shareholders.

Or you can be greedy and grab for something new without wanting to give up what you already have.

A grab for money might also have been taken as a sign of weak commitment to budgetary discipline.

Last summer, Mr. Ross, made a grab for the building by purchasing the $250 million debt on the property.

In the grab for a share of Libya's oil wealth, many others have been stained.

"Remember, that's his job, " Kate would whisper urgently as Ondine made a grab for another kid's eyedropper.

If the new social-security taxes are collected aggressively, foreigners are likely to gripe the plan is a grab for their pocketbooks.

The child make a grab for the candy.

And grab for that big ball of light.

With wealth and power so unevenly distributed, they turned into an ugly wealth grab for the regime's cronies.

The latter two groups worry that the Kurds will make a grab for the city once the Americans are gone.

Now I still grab for stars and I can reach them all.

Some leaders may grab for power and big changes are in the making at the global level.

Rivals could also make a grab for the chocolate box.

"It's quite possible there will be a land grab for seats, " he sighed.

Kratos sees a ledge with someone hanging from it, and he makes a grab for the unknown persons legs.

A grab for natural resources.

It is a bloodless grab for power.

A major concern is that HR 1207 constitutes some kind of power grab for Congress.