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I'm grasping at straws".
I wouldn't be lingering on it, except — help me here, I'm grasping at air.
He's also still eligible for entry-level allowances races, but hey, I'm grasping for straws here!
I'm grasping at straws a little bit, and hopefully, I can settle down and not do that".
When he was asked if he really thought the Yankees would sever ties with his son, he expressed the family's befuddlement by saying: "I'm grasping for straws.
I'm grasping for knowledge.
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I was grasping, buying time.
I was grasping.
But I was grasping at nonexistent straws.
"But I am grasping at straws," Mann said.
I was grasping for something to occupy her interest, something that would offer an intermission from the chaos.
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