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  • past tense form of catch.
  • past participle of catch.
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caught

[kawt] / kɔt /


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Today, Americans are living and working longer, and yet prevention hasn’t caught up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The court heard the pallet caught on scaffolding while it was being hoisted, causing the bricks to fall.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Yet another field that may have caught the medicine committee's eye is that of adhesion receptors in the immune system, identified by US immunologist Timothy Springer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Around 7:30 a.m. his hook caught a shortfin mako shark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Clare was just about to nuzzle back into the warmth of her neck, to draw his fluffy tail tighter around them, when his ear caught the sound of an approach.

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




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