intercept
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Ukraine is testing alternatives to intercept jet drones, but they will take months to implement at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Russian army has new jet-powered unmanned aircraft that are much faster and more difficult to intercept.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held an emergency meeting with ministers and commanders to work out how to produce new high-speed missiles that can intercept the faster Russian drones.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Authorities would have powers to restrict basic freedoms such as freedom of movement and assembly and, most controversially of all, intercept communications in specific geographic areas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
When I came home each day, I would check the mail and intercept any letters from school, answering those that needed answering and discarding the others.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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The site has been expanded to include a sophisticated signals intelligence facility, which has prompted France and the US to consider moving their own bases in Djibouti to avoid Chinese intercepts, according to Kurlantzick.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
A top FBI official recently revealed that the bureau does have the authority to make such intercepts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Israel's army sometimes intercepts drones that cross the border, but also often loses contact with the small, low-flying devices.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Gathering and parsing it can require thousands of analysts grinding for hours over communications intercepts, photographs and radar images as they try to divine the locations of missile launchers, tunnels and other targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
In uncut forest, the canopy intercepts precipitation, absorbing the physical impact of its fall from the clouds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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His pass was intercepted on the first play from scrimmage and again late in the first half, when his throw landed right in the belly of linebacker Ernest Jones IV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Farther east, debris from an intercepted missile has fallen in a residential area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Wallace intercepted another pass but was called for pass interference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Earlier Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s coalition fighting in Yemen said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed six ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
But their supply system quickly broke down, and uncoded Russian radio messages were intercepted by the Germans, who blocked the Russian advance.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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After the Seahawks picked off Herbert on the first play from scrimmage, the Chargers returned the favor on Seattle’s first play, intercepting a Sam Darnold pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The next season, despite not intercepting a pass, McDuffie earned All-Pro recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Current missions include intercepting Iranian missiles, providing cover for commercial ships in the strait and blockading Iranian ports and coastal areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Only the most advanced air defence, such as the US-made Patriot system, is capable of intercepting them.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Anyone intercepting the text would assume it had something to do with breakfast, but it would actually be a reference to the judge from family court.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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