capture
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Straddling different segments of the gas sector often enables companies to reduce costs and capture a larger share of profits realized at different stages of the fuel supply chain, the analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
These maps capture Galactic HII regions, planetary nebulae, and nearby galaxies at exceptional spatial scales.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
What these sales fail to capture is what people spend on services such as travel, recreation and entertainment.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet for many who venture into the wild elsewhere on the continent, vultures are not the first birds to capture their attention.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Horse-mounted couriers and telegraph wires were alive all day with instructions to troops to enlist the help of fishermen and others on the river to capture the fugitives.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
A new Amazon Prime documentary series following Guardiola's final two years at the club captures the manager addressing his team just days after the defender's departure.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Jones manages his superb cast with aplomb and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield evocatively captures lower Manhattan’s wintry, burnished glow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ambient audio in Walker’s footage captures someone saying: “Este es el acceso de colaboradores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Damon’s Odysseus captures all the heroic arrogance, bravery and selfish stupidity of an action-flick brawler who would shoot a giant cyclops in the eye as he’s making his escape, just because.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
After a page-long digression on pacifism, Christianity, and the Roman Empire, Keegan returns to what is wrong with Clausewitz’s dictum and with the modern understanding of war it captures.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Tooson has claimed a neighbor’s Ring camera captured audio evidence from the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Honshu was captured after being spotted in the garden of a nearby house and later moved to Edinburgh Zoo to give him "a fresh start".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Conductor Kelly Kuo captured the opera’s pacing but sometimes let the orchestra overpower the singers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The tale of Donald Trump sneaking off Air Force One in a catering truck captured public attention for many reasons.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Two other captured conspirators, Michael O’Laughlen and Sam Arnold, had already confessed everything they knew about the plot.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
The Pew Research Center released a report in 2024 showing that these so-called opt-in surveys did a particularly bad job of capturing the attitudes of adults under 30 and Latino adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Pierre’s Stewart holds the gravitas of that portrayal while also capturing the original intent of his character’s co-creator, Neal Adams, to have him evoke a young Sidney Poitier.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s a high price to pay for the once-in-a-year chance of capturing one of those spectacular one-day wonders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
But what else are these omnipresent cameras capturing?
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Surely, the honor of capturing Lincoln’s assassin was worth the risk of a few casualties?
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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