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take

[teyk] / teɪk /
















VERB
contract, catch
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Van began to take greater control of the fight during the second and third rounds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

But her app—launched into a cutthroat market in China—has yet to take off.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

His boxing allowed him to keep Pantoja at a distance and respond when the Brazilian tried to close in to take him down.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

In a recent Q&A session, the head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said if people posted content "taking advantage of people and harassing them... then we're going to take the content down".

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

I take out my laptop, not because I’m excited to do my school stuff but because I don’t want to think about Grandma and my mom’s relationship anymore.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Human muscle fibers can shorten by comparable proportions, but the process takes about 10 times longer.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

During a police chase, for example, the first helicopter on the scene immediately takes the front position left of the fleeing vehicle, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

His film takes a bird’s-eye approach to conflict, carefully studying how the systems set in place for our common good, on either side of the party or religious lines, can cause plenty of damage, too.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Moreover, it takes confidence and positivity to pilot your life.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

He takes a deep breath as if to brace himself.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

By February, a Discord chat for Polymarket users had filled with complaints about how long it took to withdraw funds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Derby manager John Eustace, who almost took the club to the play-offs last season, is not safe either with the club in the relegation zone.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

"A bishop friend who retired told me it took three years for the tiredness to leave his body," McKeown told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

USC looked like a team that took a long, cross-country trip.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

There were none, for the accident that took his ear and eye had also taken his memory.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The artist’s daughters have taken over his estate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Mackie, the fashion designer who died Monday at 87 years old, had taken inspiration from Cher’s wardrobe, sheathing Barbie in a sleek, gold-sequined gown.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

A woman whose baby was taken from her in a forced adoption aged 16 has said important questions about the UK's mother-and-baby homes remain unanswered, including how many children were buried in unmarked graves.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

In the aftermath of the heartbreaking defeat, Tuchel pointed to his team's inability to find control having taken the lead via Anthony Gordon's opener as a key factor behind his side's late collapse.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

“Harry de Vries will be taken to Amsterdam tomorrow. If you want to see him, come promptly at three this afternoon.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Solo entrepreneurship is also taking off in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

It will all be pretty new to Alvaro Arbeloa, appointed as Fulham's manager in the summer after taking charge of just 28 games as Real Madrid boss in the second half of last season.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

The obverse of communities taking it into their own hands to protect cultural property is the looting of those same sites.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

It must still go through parliamentary procedures in Denmark and Greenland before taking effect.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

For two months Mama lay unconscious on that bed, the five of us, with Nollie on the evening shift, taking turns at her side.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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