capture
Example Sentences
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Conflict monitors, now watching with alarm as Islamist militants capture territory and stage attacks in Mali, urge the administration to pay closer attention to the restive Sahel region and other hot spots.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Remember that classic movie moment when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid can escape capture or death only by jumping off a cliff into a fast-flowing river?
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Shevchenko told the BBC she informed the British authorities of Davies' capture last year after speaking to Ukrainian POWs held in the same prison, who put the two in contact.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Moreover, they said, higher gas prices likely represented an opportunity for the chain to capture incremental business — particularly among wealthier customers and in its large grocery business.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
It should be no surprise that now Josef Stalin was determined that his own Red Army was going to invade and capture Berlin, Hitler’s capital city in Germany.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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