gotcha
Example Sentences
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Jackson rightly describes this “Catch-Me-If-You-Can approach” to legal strategy as what it is: a cynical gotcha game designed to dodge legal accountability for as long as possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
He asks the reporter, in a little whiney baby’s voice, “By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?”
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
Ms. Stefanik wasn’t trying to ask a gotcha question, she writes in the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
In other words, it was a deliberate gotcha.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
And then, echoing all around me, a voice: “Hey now, hey now...I gotcha, big man, I gotcha.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
