capture
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Researchers describe the discovery as a snapshot of "fossil behavior" because, unlike bones that can accumulate over long periods, footprints can capture a brief moment in the lives of individuals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The speed at which rivals move in to capture sales varies by the type of drug and how expensive it is to produce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Measures have been implemented to try to prevent jellyfish infiltration, including a partnership with fishermen who capture and release them further offshore, according to French outlet Ici.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mladic was dismissed from his post after being indicted in 1995, but he evaded capture for another 16 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It still galls me that you, the least of your pathetic little band of rebels, would be the one to capture me,” she continued.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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The chart below captures total assets under management in U.S. dollars for four popular Hong Kong-listed leveraged ETFs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Then comes the admission that captures the agony of those waiting at home: "What do I tell you? Sleepless nights, working on the phone."
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Writing from Bree’s perspective, Parton beautifully captures the isolation that is so often part of the trans experience.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Flock, the largest supplier of the technology, has 120,000 cameras in 49 states and captures 20 billion license plates a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
What mattered to Mozart was that his music should be enjoyed, not that he should be worshipped or revered, and it is this quality of treasured delight that captures his age.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The remarkable moment was captured on video shared by the fire department, which shows one of the bears hoisting itself to the top of the large tank before jumping into some bushes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Local officials said 22,000 cicadas were captured this year, that residents reported less noise and that the situation appeared to stabilize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The list also includes five castles in south Lebanon's Jabal Amel area, among them the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress, which Israeli forces captured in May.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
We captured several of our neighbors on cameras set up near the riverbank.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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For her, writing a children’s book means capturing on paper “the things that I most urgently and desperately want children to know and adults to remember.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
If decision making emerges from continuous interactions among the brain, body, and environment, studying it will require experimental methods capable of capturing that complexity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Now, there are a handful of other AI companies capturing investor attention as they rake in hefty profits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act Muehl admitted to violating prohibits hunting, harassing, capturing, or killing any marine mammal in U.S. waters, or attempting to do so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I liked the idea of capturing her life outside of work, when she wasn’t under the eye of Elizabeth Leefolt.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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