catch
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He was stopped by Border Force officials in Manchester and was told to return to the airport to catch the next direct flight home.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I don’t have a technical degree,” he said in a 2005 interview with the National Venture Capital Association, “and I’m just trying to catch up…. So I’m willing to ask the awkward, stupid question.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Math scores would virtually catch up to prepandemic levels by next year at the current pace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
And we are now running to catch up to artificial intelligence as it and biology evolve, bringing new possibilities for danger and defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
We tried not to, but we had to stop from time to time to catch our breath.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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A bold, open-concept great room is the heart of the 3,504-square-foot home, where an edgy chef’s kitchen featuring a black-and-white, harlequin-tiled backsplash immediately catches the eye.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Beat Corona Del Mar twice in five days led by Sadie Olivares, who made 11 catches for 142 yards and five scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
While he ended the day with three more catches than Root, he still has a catch percentage about 77%, which sits below the format average.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"The idea of a possessed and frightening mom, played by Jessica Chastain, is attracting audiences and should work around the world, before poor word-of-mouth catches up with it."
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Aunt J is about to reply to Candace, but then she catches my dad’s eye.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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L.A. has long suffered an identity crisis, caught between the single-family homes of its past and the multifamily developments that density advocates say are needed for its future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"So it was only by chance that we were not in the infant school, which was safe. We were in the junior school which caught the brunt of it."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
That same day, a camera placed by investigators caught what federal prosecutors say is Alfozan peering behind a television set where they claim he had placed a recording device a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
So he may have been caught by surprise when the news of the plan was met in the evangelical world with ambivalence, wariness, and, occasionally, alarm.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
He was caught between the living and the dead.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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The slowdown may reflect OpenAI catching up as “this was the breakout quarter for open weight models,” as well as growing use of open-weight models for less intensive or critical tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
A woman whose newborn daughter became ill after catching a potentially serious respiratory illness is urging other pregnant women to make sure they are vaccinated against it.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Smith appears to be executing his catching duties very well, since opponents have scored just 10 runs and are hitting .160 against the Dodgers this postseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Swift, he jumps up, catching Caesar as he’s toppling.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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