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captain

[kap-tuhn, -tin] / ˈkæp tən, -tɪn /


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On Saturday, City captain Ruben Dias gesticulated to his team-mate to send the ball up the pitch after the Portuguese failed to control a difficult pass.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“He’s been huge for us,” Brewers captain Christian Yelich said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Notably, he starred alongside Sigourney Weaver in the sci-fi classic “Alien” as spacecraft captain Arthur Dallas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In ODIs, Brook averages 31 runs more as captain compared to when not.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After they were asleep, she paced the nursery like the captain of a lost ship, waiting for some glimpse of a star to steer by.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Harry Brook captains England on both legs of the tour and is once again set to play across formats in every game of the winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

At sea, these programs often rely on self-reported information from ship captains rather than having auditors inspect vessels offshore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Oil-tanker captains are being offered up to $100,000 per month to navigate the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Most German ship captains say, that's too shallow, I'm not sailing there anymore," Matthias Roeser, from the German Inland Shipping Association, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn’t think had anything to do with nerves.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

For Wycombe Wanderers defender Steve Cook, who captained Bournemouth in the Premier League earlier in his career, the course marked a return to formal education for the first time since his school days.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The team tournament pits Europe - captained by Yannick Noah - against a United States team overseen by Andre Agassi.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Doing that would betray their ignorance of the show’s legacy, especially the five seasons that Allen captained.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Boatsetter made the booking easy, and because the sailboat was captained by its owner, all I really had to worry about was keeping dinner from burning.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Pudge had been a cabin boy in his youth and, coincidentally, had served on a ship captained by the famed Admiral Percival Racine Ashton himself.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Take a seat on a curvaceous wooden bench and imagine you’re captaining a spaceship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Four years later, Josef Masopust officially won the Ballon d'Or after captaining Czechoslovakia to the World Cup final.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Keegan won 63 England caps over a period lasting almost a decade, scoring 21 goals and captaining the side 31 times.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Franz Beckenbauer finally got his hands on the World Cup in 1974, captaining West Germany to victory over the much-fancied Netherlands.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Todd steered the boat like he was captaining a great yacht.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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