gotcha
Example Sentences
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Were there any great revelations or gotcha moments on stage Tuesday evening?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
That’s the gotcha thing they wanted him to say.
From Slate • May 11, 2024
“This convening, for too many people across America in education, feels like the ultimate gotcha moment,” David C. Banks, the New York City schools chancellor, said toward the hearing’s end.
From New York Times • May 9, 2024
That's not a trick question or a gotcha.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023
And then, echoing all around me, a voice: “Hey now, hey now...I gotcha, big man, I gotcha.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.