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catch

[kach] / kætʃ /








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Brussels and Ottawa also want to collaborate on AI, a field where they are playing catch up with the United States and China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Good time for one-win Washington to catch them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

"The owners tried to surround it and catch it, but the bull was having none of it," one eyewitness said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"If you get the science right, it's consistent. It's our understanding of what it's trying to tell us that has to catch up."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Wolf was waiting for him to catch up: hackles raised, but tail held high.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

“If you fail to tell them and your house catches fire, you’ll be in a very ugly situation.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cox dropped two catches behind the stumps, Sonny Baker was expensive with the new ball and Banton squandered the platform to make a huge score at the top of the order.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

But he added that rates have also been rising, with sharper increases in recent years as the utility catches up on infrastructure spending at a time when costs have gone up across the board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Harrison’s breakout came in 202 when he led the Big Ten with 14 touchdown catches with Stroud as his quarterback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Reverend Hunt catches Master Wingfield’s arm, the two sailors step between the angry men, and Captain Newport’s voice booms out.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

I’m caught between his needs, my own well-being and my worries about what’s going on there.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official told AFP Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Caterpillar is among the old economy companies that have gotten caught up in the AI boom, and it noted that orders for power generators popular with data-center developers extended into 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Though Kherson residents are clear-eyed about what lies ahead, for a brief period this week the city caught its breath.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The one who caught the demon and trapped it in the bear?

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

But it faces three threats: rivals that are catching up, prices that are collapsing, and bills that keep climbing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Instead of taking a five-hour flight from Singapore to Perth, England then flew for almost eight hours to Sydney, before catching another plane to go back to Western Australia.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I’ll be at the company for a few months to help with the transition, and then look forward to catching my breath.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"It's so striking -- and frustrating -- that this is happening all over again," said Morton, noting that forests affected by the 2015 and 2023 El Niño events are once again catching fire.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

I was taking advantage of catching her off guard, but I didn’t know what else to do.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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