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take

[tayk] / teɪk /
















VERB
contract, catch
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The Cowboys led 10-7 at halftime, but Tampa Bay scored 17 points in the third quarter to take control of the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Colley-Jones said individuals also needed to personally take more care.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, newly-elected lawmakers will only take up their seats in January.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

If I were in the market for a home right now, I’d take that as a big set of hints to look at renting instead of buying.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Photographing anyone or anything moving is difficult because the light-sensitive plates are very slow, and a single exposure can take a fall minute.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Sorkin must have adored that earlier film’s opening scene where Rooney Mara insults a clueless Jesse Eisenberg because he’s written three-dozen takes on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Briton will start Sunday's race from the back of the grid because he needs to fit a new engine which takes him beyond his permitted number for the season.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That takes time, and the shaping of time spent mourning is one of the purposes of ritual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

There were some analysts that actually had positive takes on a potential merger.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Plus, he takes everyone with him since his ray gun has multi-person mode.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"The reality is you only stopped stealing money because suspicions were raised about your lifestyle, investigations took place and your fraud was discovered."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mike Ditka, who died on Friday at age 86, took a football life as far as anyone ever has.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The first time I truly saw Tony and his new friend-turned-girlfriend as a couple was when I took them to a museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In truth, when I took the last test in my possession, I was glad.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

She took another, bigger bite, almost finishing the whole thing, then placed the remnants back on the plate.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Research shows the withdrawal of water has taken an ecological toll on the Delta and San Francisco Bay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Another data centre in Kaluga, a region south-west of Moscow, had also been attacked on Friday morning, it said, with part of that site's infrastructure "taken out of service".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Without your aunt’s gift, you may never have been able to buy a home or it would have taken you many years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It’s an old-school way of thinking for the modern era — a belief that the work should be taken seriously but without ever letting the viewer in on how intensely he’s considering it.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The wall is adorned with black-and.white photos taken during the Civil Rights Era.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A major new lawsuit argues the state is taking far too much water out of the Delta, harming native fish and the ecosystem, causing toxic algae blooms, and threatening local farms and communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But taking away the car keys might be easier than taking measures to prevent the elderly from falling victim to fraud.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, a fertility doctor in the Bay Area, estimates that about 30% of her female patients are already taking peptides when they walk into her office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Although a pardon could be signed "minutes after" taking office, various bureaucratic hurdles would prevent it from taking effect that same day, Thiago Bottino, a law professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

You turn in a slow circle, taking in the washed-out yellow-and-green signs pointing to the camping showers.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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