caught
Example Sentences
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The defendant was caught in 2022 and had already served his prison sentence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nearby in Highters Heath, multiple terraced properties caught fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The name caught on in 1969 when an announcer said that even though the Hickman football team was losing, they were “smiling like a bunch of Kewpies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When a prison cell in a tiny New York town caught fire and killed 35-year-old inmate Marcos “Bori” Alcaraz last month, it barely made any headlines.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
When I looked up I saw that Hans had caught the compass and was holding it in his cupped hands.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
