intercept

It would see Royal Navy vessels intercept all migrant boats in the Channel as part of a humanitarian response.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Under plans set to be announced at a news conference later, the Royal Navy would intercept migrant boats in the Channel and return them to France or Belgium.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

If either goes forward, the U.S. will want to intercept the shipments before troops pay the price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

So a plan is needed to track and potentially intercept tigers, said Axel Moehrenschlager, conservation translocation director for wild cat protection organisation Panthera.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

We took a gamble that we’d be able to intercept you.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

A top FBI official recently revealed that the bureau does have the authority to make such intercepts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

It now intercepts a vast proportion of drones and missiles – although Russia often fires them in such great numbers they overwhelmed air defences and many do get through.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

It remains unclear what would happen to the ships that the U.S. military intercepts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Those intercepts are a success -- they prevented the missiles from striking their targets -- but they also come at the cost of pricey, high-tech interceptors that are in short supply.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

On Monday, Leah intercepts me as I walk into school.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

Once on Spanish territory, they were intercepted by Spain's Guardia Civil gendarmerie at sea but managed to escape.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling put some limits on the government’s ability to immediately send back migrants intercepted at sea, though legal experts told Reuters that this does not prevent their eventual expulsion.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

All of the Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted, the U.S. military said, without saying where the attack was targeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

American air defences intercepted over 1,700 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles over the same period.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mary Anne kicked him with her bare foot and shot him the finger, making sure that the sign was too low to be intercepted by her father’s omniscient eyes scanning the rearview mirror.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

On eight of the last 14 days, Jordan’s military has reported on its website intercepting missiles or drones fired from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Bliksem EXO system is designed to close a gap in European defenses by intercepting medium- and intermediate-range missiles in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

In “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks, threat actors are intercepting and storing massive volumes of encrypted data, which they intend to decode as soon as more mature quantum technology becomes available.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Bracken added a seventh before Caluori took over the game, intercepting du Preez in midfield for his hat-trick score before adding a further two tries in the corner as Sale's missed tackle count reached 40.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

“I don’t care whether you’re lying or not They’re going to get you for intercepting Major Major’s correspondence, too. A lot of that stuff is classified information.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller