capture
Example Sentences
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Remember that classic movie moment when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid can escape capture or death only by jumping off a cliff into a fast-flowing river?
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Army special forces soldier, with misusing confidential information he was given about the plan to capture then-President Maduro in Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Moreover, they said, higher gas prices likely represented an opportunity for the chain to capture incremental business — particularly among wealthier customers and in its large grocery business.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Pipeline approval is also contingent on developing what Carney called "the largest global initiative for carbon capture and storage."
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“I do. I used to. But I’ve been away at boarding school, and then university, and then here…Why bishop takes knight? I can just capture back, improve my pawn structure.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing capture
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The New SAT: The Language of the Test
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