intercept
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The ship had loaded 1.8 million barrels of crude oil at Venezuela’s Jose terminal and had been signaling its destination as Malaysia at the point it was intercepted, one of the officials said.
Footage posted on social media by US Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem shows what American authorities say is a second oil tanker being intercepted off the coast of Venezuela.
From Barron's
And in College Station, Texas, Miami intercepted Texas A&M passer Marcel Reed with less than a minute remaining, to short-circuit what looked like a game-tying touchdown drive.
Over 11 games, he only had three passes intercepted while completing 71% of his passes.
From Los Angeles Times
The Rams sacked him nine times in the playoffs last season when Darnold was playing for Minnesota, and intercepted six of his passes in two games this season.
From Los Angeles Times
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