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take

[tayk] / teɪk /
















VERB
contract, catch
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The students hadn’t initially set out to take power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ninth graders Marley Handley, left, and Audrey Baca take a selfie while riding the bus to a Patriot High girls’ flag football game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

That's the magical part of this game, it can take you to really bad places but four days later you have the opportunity to do something really historic and we've done it.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

"You probably could look at Pickaxe Mountain, and you have to take care of that. We can do that all very quickly," he added, referring to a suspected underground nuclear complex.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

I sit in the chair, take Grace in hand, and play.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

It takes a fine writer—and a great deal of narrative specificity—to avoid letting these lessons become rote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The rallies were organised by the campaign group Gen Z regelt - meaning "Gen Z takes charge".

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

"I feel deep sadness about what happened again last night. Nobody takes any pleasure in seeing this outcome," he said Sunday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

It takes a lot more energy to produce each calorie you can get from meat than the calories you can get from vegetables, and this shows up in prices.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Dad takes out his cell and shows us a video on YouTube.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

None of this was Hibs' concern, but it was Hibs' opportunity - and they took it.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

In Madagascar, the military took over following a revolt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The former allies, and now competitors, took veiled shots at each other as they each hit multiple campaign stops Sunday morning, with both attending church services and other events.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Russell took a low-key sixth, including a 10-second penalty for tipping Red Bull's Isack Hadjar into a spin on the first lap, ahead of Piastri, his car damaged in the incident with Lindblad.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The University of Arkansas wasn’t as far away as she would have liked, but it wasn’t Oklahoma, so when they offered her a full scholarship, she got in the truck and took off.

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

Georgia, meanwhile, has taken the exact opposite approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The 53-year-old senator began experiencing numbness in his arm and was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a stroke.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The injured teens - three boys aged 16 and two aged 17 - were taken to hospital.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Police and paramedics responded, and Mann was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

If she wasn’t sitting in front of me, I’d swear Mom had taken her place.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“I’ve been taking care of the constituent complaints in her district for four years,” Bass told an audience at her Baldwin Hills headquarters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Officers on Saturday made arrests into the evening, taking people to police vans for transfer, to the applause of many protesters, some of whom chanted: "Free, free Palestine."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

That means that it is for now not directly helping as many Americans as would be the case if more businesses were taking part in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"There is not just renewed energy in Rahul Gandhi but also an already greater interest in him. People who were dismissive of him for the longest time are now taking note," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Clare suspected that even a human car would have swerved to avoid taking such a handsome life.

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


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