capture
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A mountain lion lounging on the sidewalk under the shade of a tree has shut down a street in San Dimas while wildlife officials rush to the area to capture the animal Friday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
According to Ugen and Choedup, one of his uncles died in combat and another in prison after his capture while fighting for Chushi Gangdruk, an anti-China guerrilla force established with CIA support in 1958.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Palantir’s partners are seeking control over their data, prompts, and business intelligence that “the language labs are not only ready and willing, but structurally designed to capture from their customers,” Karp writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Supporters say these policies capture the "casual refuseniks" - people who aren't particularly opposed to vaccination, but simply don't make the effort to get their child jabbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
They could capture it and leave the jungle, well before Father Olufemi’s hunting party came.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The winner of a platform war is whoever captures the contribution loop—the self-reinforcing cycle in which researchers, toolmakers and downstream builders improve a platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Tapeheads” captures a specific moment in Los Angeles history, sure to be nostalgic for some, from a desolate downtown to a percolating music scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Damon’s Odysseus captures all the heroic arrogance, bravery and selfish stupidity of an action-flick brawler who would shoot a giant cyclops in the eye as he’s making his escape, just because.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
During the reaction, sodium hydroxide captures carbon released from the plastics and converts it into solid sodium carbonate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
He captures it from different perspectives, from many points of view: up close, far away, in the center, just part of the scene.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Neither shooting was captured on an officer’s body camera.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Scientists have captured previously unseen plasma vortices swirling across the surface of the Sun, revealing tiny structures that could help explain how our star stores, moves, and releases magnetic energy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
I captured this sunset shot in Lisbon, Portugal last weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Amira says when the men wanted to get rid of her, they dropped her near the area she had been captured.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Two other captured conspirators, Michael O’Laughlen and Sam Arnold, had already confessed everything they knew about the plot.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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"Birth tourism inherently relies on the intent of an individual to come to the US to give birth and capturing that intent in data is difficult," said Putzel-Kavanaugh.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Rather than capturing only a few isolated moments, astronomers were able to follow the system as it moved through several different stages of activity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Throughout the ride, the students put their new traits to the test: confronting a hippogriff blocking the tracks, capturing runaway chocolate frogs and facing off a soul-sucking dementor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Inca Empire also had a centralized political organization, but that actually worked to its disadvantage, because Pizarro seized the Inca chain of command intact by capturing Atahuallpa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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