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One Instagram Reel shows a film crew capturing a giant wave flattening a model city with the caption, “No CGI. No compositing. Just a hand-built miniature Miami and a 40-foot wave tank.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The caption of the video, which was posted on the company’s social media pages, read: “Behold, the Nikola One in motion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The caption reads: "Leo's miraculous speed of recovery".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“A big hug to all the friends, neighbors, teachers, and people who have made it such a wonderful place to raise our family,” she wrote in an Instagram caption.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Annie would simply write a caption on the back.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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Companies usually send him weekly briefings with assigned scripts, visual “hooks” to grab viewers’ attention, and captions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Having previously established contacts within the universe of Insta meme-makers, I messaged a few sloppypasta enthusiasts to see whether they might be willing to speak to their use of these captions.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
The montage, with no commentary or explanatory captions, showed off improved graphics, detailed environments and a selection of car-chases and shoot-outs from the sequel.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Others came up with captions including "Don't Look Up," a reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo Di Caprio parodying societal apathy to the climate crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
He slammed the magazine down and glared at it as I said of course I knew he was the youngest, and the magazine did the captions, not me.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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“I haven’t read a review of anything aimed at me or my peers in 15 years,” Waititi captioned the post.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
“My life was immeasurably changed for the better by having met Eric Bauza in 2003,” Gutierrez captioned a photo of Bauza posing with a cardboard cutout of his “El Tigre” character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Thank you so much to everyone here who I connected with for this piece, and who shared great resources,” I captioned the post.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
The front page of the Times carries a photo of Earl Spencer, captioned "I don't hear denial from the King".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the Renaissance book of acting, this grimace of a smile might be captioned, The lady is caught in a smile she cannot escape.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Lily Tomlin, Parton's co-star in the 1980 film "9 to 5" posted a black and white picture of the two of them decades earlier, captioning it simply: "No words".
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The book’s captioning about the white organdy costume Graham designed for herself, currently displayed in the library, notes that its inspiration was the “night-blooming Cereus” flower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
While the initial live broadcast will use SDR quality with live captioning, a higher quality picture plus sweetened sounds and subtitles will be delivered when the on-demand version hits Netflix for rewatching.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
“Next chapter, motherhood,” the 2012 Miss Universe wrote on social media, captioning two photos of herself sitting and cradling her growing belly in a flowing white gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
I consider captioning it with #EndDay, but I don’t need fake sympathetic “oh no, R.I.P!!!!” comments or trolls telling me to “Rest in Pieces!!!!”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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