capture
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Boucher said her organization received permission from the National Park Service to set up a Missy Trap, an easy-to-build enclosure meant to capture pets in a humane manner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
With very little illumination from the Moon, the delicate atmospheric ripples stood out more clearly, allowing the satellite to capture the striking patterns.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The question, then, is how much of AI’s future growth Nvidia can capture, and on what terms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“The loyalty play is huge for Apple. That puts the company in a unique position to capture customers in the home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Booth weighed the risk of capture against his desire for food and rest.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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Nvidia’s revenue could still grow in an expanding market while it captures a smaller share of a customer’s budget or accepts lower margins to secure business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
An online audience can be as fickle as it is faithful, and what captures the most clicks doesn’t also always edify the human soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Nearly 40 years later, as some HBCUs experience an enrollment boost, a new Netflix show captures a very different era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
She asks Lisa about bad reviews, and captures the star being scolded by her vocal coach for lack of effort.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“I like it. It captures my unique personality.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Under Prigozhin, Wagner has swelled its ranks with captured Central African rebels, men who switched allegiances and are widely known as “Black Russians.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The light captured by Webb in 2023, which provided the observations used in the study, had actually left the brown dwarf during the year Schrader was born.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The aftermath of one of Sunday's six reported attacks was captured in verified footage showing the Nicaragua-flagged tanker Petro Dolphin on fire, as filmed by the crew on a smaller boat nearby.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
But it also linked Prince to operations in January 2026 to retake Uvira, a major South Kivu city briefly captured by the M23.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
He stood back often to study the results of his gnawing, and at last felt he had captured the proud, stern, aloof, strong, honest look of his male parent.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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The moment when the couple’s infant child is taken from them by the authorities is devastating, each of them capturing a sense of helpless isolation from themselves, their community and each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The scientist believed that capturing the public's imagination would help attract financial backing.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mr. De los Santos directed with economy and precision, capturing the physical essence of these relationships—as when Macaria and Pina playfully acted out the extremes of telenovela emoting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The scoreline does a terrible job in capturing what happened.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
In the latter half of the century, as technology moved from the military and corporate settings into our businesses and homes, the devices grew masterful at capturing our attention.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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