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  • past participle of catch.
  • past tense form of catch.
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caught

[kawt] / kɔt /


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In an emergency call, police were notified of a helicopter in distress that may have crashed and caught fire.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“We got caught up in it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Frithsmith also caught four passes and pulled off perhaps the biggest save of the night thanks to his coolness under pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Something like a million people vote in this event every year, according to the daytime news segment that I caught at the dentist the other afternoon while getting a tooth cleaning.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

I’m shaking and disoriented, like a kitten caught in the eye of a storm.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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