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Not just grasp, engage.
You just grasp at a straw.
People are just grasping for anything".
I'm probably just grasping at straws.
It's clear that we're just grasping at straws.
For instance, just grasping a cup requires that the brain predicts how your arm will move taking into account the dynamics of the arm, including how heavy your arm is (and whether you are wearing a watch that could add weight) or perhaps whether you wear a stiff leather jacket (that could add resistance), which could otherwise perturb your arm movement.
Experimenting with oil and water, or just grasping for straws?
I'm laughing because people are just grasping at straws.
Instead of teaching the arm to recognize all the grocer's 50,000 products, which would have taken too long, the company quickly developed a 3D vision system so it could just look for grasping points.
"We had leads in the fourth quarter and just couldn't grasp it.
Within weeks, the bank reverted to a dress code of business formal; I guess some folks just couldn't grasp the nuances of business casual.
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