Sentence examples for grabbing over from inspiring English sources

"Can you imagine a company grabbing over 40,000 hectares of land from these communities, depriving them of their agricultural activities, on the basis of this kind of flimsy document?" According to the report, land was stolen from communities all along the length of the Congo River under Belgian colonial occupation (1908-1960), to establish oil palm plantations.

Last week Thai soldiers grabbed over 7m in the same area.

In the 1950s, a show such as "I Love Lucy" would grab over 70% of an evening's audience.

Its share of viewing is nearly four times that of Channel 5, and it grabs over half of all TV-advertising revenues.

In fact, to grab over 50% in the run-off, Mr Sarkozy needs about two-thirds of Ms Le Pen's vote, as well as two-thirds of that of François Bayrou, the centrist candidate.

Swayne had a reception and a successful pitch on a hook-and-ladder play, made a leaping sideline grab over Chris Hayes and had a touchdown catch during a red-zone drill to end the practice.

Europe's Arianespace grabbed over 50% of market share (by revenue) as Boeing, Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing) scrambled to revamp.

Testing the nanotweezers on 500-nm polystyrene clusters under a light microscope, Kim and Lieber were able to grab over 80% of their targets.

Jollibee grabbed over 40% of the country's high-growth fast-food business by tailoring its products and marketing to Philippine tastes.

Consumers have complained about a lack of options following Uber's exit and Singapore's regulators fined Uber and Grab over its "anti-competitive" merger deal, but Grab co-founder Hooi Ling Tan has maintained there's plenty of competition.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, billionaires, developers and financial speculators have "grabbed" over 86 million hectares of agricultural land around the world.