intercept
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The army began erecting netting along roads to intercept the craft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
AFP journalists in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah heard a series of explosions and the Israeli army said it worked to intercept a new wave of Iranian missiles.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"In the past year alone, the Border Management Authority managed to intercept and stop over 450,000 people who were attempting to enter South Africa illegally," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The aircraft use advanced sensors to "intercept and analyse signals across the electromagnetic spectrum, providing real-time strategic and tactical intelligence", according to the RAF website.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"That'll get the intercept range to zero, but the intercept velocity will be forty-two meters per second."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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