intercept
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One promising possibility would be to intercept Tau containing extracellular vesicles after they leave diseased neurons but before they reach healthy ones.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Local authorities' abilities have been expanded to jam and intercept these devices, and dozens of local police officers serving in the 11 US host cities have received specialized training at an FBI training center.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Missiles typically carry bigger warheads than drones, can penetrate bunkers and are harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The 74-year-old joined the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1969, when she was stationed in Germany, working in signals intelligence to intercept enemy communications and track their manoeuvres.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
To intercept Hermes, it'll have to reach escape velocity, but it was only designed to get to orbit.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
“Today, it intercepts rockets at a range of hundreds of kilometers as well as UAVs,” Kochav said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 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
He continued to insist that she and her team focus on the dwindling South American spy intercepts, which provided little useful intelligence.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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When asked by AFP about reports of explosions near the Israeli city of Eilat, a military spokeswoman said both Israeli and Jordanian forces had intercepted a projectile.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Iraqi Kurdish authorities said more drones were intercepted above the regional capital of Erbil on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bahrain and Qatar also reported attacks early Friday, with the Qatari defence ministry saying it had intercepted a missile attack.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The US allies also said they intercepted drones and missiles launched from Iran.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
When he opened his briefcase, it was stuffed full of intercepted letters.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Air raid alerts sounded in Bahrain, while Kuwait's army said the country's forces were intercepting "hostile aerial targets" on Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 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
The system would be "capable even of intercepting missiles launched from the other side of the world, or launched from space", the president said last year.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Hochstein, 43, and her former partner Jody Glidden, 52, were booked on felony charges of unlawfully intercepting oral statements from the Miami housewife’s ex-husband Leonard “Lenny” Hochstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
“We keep intercepting British accents on their radio messages too.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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