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“Excuse me I must correct the record on this slander,” he wrote in the caption.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
In the accompanying caption, Stewart added he’s “really looking forward to it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Another caption explains that: “Jewellery and equipment in the graves of many wealthy and aristocratic women reflect the complex roles these women had.”
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Welcome to the world, River. Our little bit of hope," the caption said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
"One of those names appears in a caption as Violet Westing's escort: George Theodorakis."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
The captions aren’t meant to be read by users, exactly, but instead picked up by keyword-trained algorithms that surface the post on your feed.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Wormald often shared photos of Bennett on his Instagram with loving captions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Some videos make it onto Brovdi's social media accounts -- where he is followed by hundreds of thousands -- with cartoony music and mocking captions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Lines of dialogue are followed by explanatory glosses, like the captions beneath photographs, so that they cannot be misinterpreted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
If you had to speak English with running captions in your mind showing all the roots, all the way back to Indo-European, you’d fall off the bicycle.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
The country star shared his diagnosis in a video posted Tuesday to Instagram captioned “A little health update.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The front page of the Times carries a photo of Earl Spencer, captioned "I don't hear denial from the King".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
On Wednesday, Crowley posted a chummy-looking photo of a breakfast meeting that included Hong and was captioned “Wisconsin Democrats are united.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“The movement has begun,” Greene captioned the picture.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
On Tumblr, I captioned the picture: “The Khalil I know was afraid of animals.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
Lily Tomlin, Parton's co-star in the 1980 film "9 to 5" posted a black and white picture of the two of them decades earlier, captioning it simply: "No words".
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The book’s captioning about the white organdy costume Graham designed for herself, currently displayed in the library, notes that its inspiration was the “night-blooming Cereus” flower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
At the time of their engagement, Gomez shared the news on Instagram, captioning a series of photos of her ring with the words, “forever begins now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
"Closed captioning is not just a workaround; it's a method of preserving the integrity of both visual and auditory storytelling for diverse audiences," says Prof Alexander.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
I consider captioning it with #EndDay, but I don’t need fake sympathetic “oh no, R.I.P!!!!” comments or trolls telling me to “Rest in Pieces!!!!”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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