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You can pounce upon that stuff, screenshot it, and declare it the thematic takeaway if you want.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2015

The most subordinate females would “at times pounce upon a dominant male and snatch a tamarind pod from his hand, cuffing him over the ear in the process,” she added.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2014

Some people may pounce upon such an assertion as anachronistic, but you convincingly argue that my novels are forerunners of a 20th-century academic discipline.

From Scientific American • Apr. 25, 2013

And there’s no more shamelessly attention-getting, bleeding news story for reporters to pounce upon than one involving a missing child.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2012

"Well, you know quite well,” said Merlyn, "that the shrew-mouse you pounce upon squeals out Kweek! That is why the young of your species call Kee-wick.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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