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  • present participle of catch.
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catching

[kach-ing] / ˈkætʃ ɪŋ /


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We were travelling with Yemen's pro-government forces, catching glimpses of the Arabian Sea, and forbidding mountain peaks in the distance.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Eurozone government bond yields slid in early trade, catching up with earlier falls in Treasury yields following Thursday’s well-received 30-year Treasury auction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Property taxes in Florida are catching up to the surge in home prices across the state during the pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The room loosened into little clusters of women catching up and talking about what came next.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

He was just as serious about catching those monkeys as I was.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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