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[kach] / kætʃ /








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And when they catch a cold and blow their nose in a tissue it "is black", added her mother, Mirela Kabashi, a police officer in Elbasan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

According to the man who helped catch them, it was blind luck.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But Braves left fielder Mauricio Dubón made a leaping catch, holding into the ball as he slammed into the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The reception appeared to catch JLR by surprise.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

He didn’t seem antsy to rush over to the Picnic, hoping to catch the nonexistent Fireball game.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Whatever catches on, one of the few pleasures of today’s alarming geopolitics is the coining of new acronyms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

But the name also catches their underlying sameness.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“It’s new, it’s fresh, the neighborhood is going to benefit. It’s been a total pothole disaster for so long. … Even though there are catches and hooks, it’s still worth it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He now catches himself doing the same on food delivery sites, particularly when anxious, filling baskets without checking out.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Each year around June when the rains came, its waters would gather in might, churning with rich silt, flooding the plains, and bestowing abundant harvests for farmers and catches for fishermen.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Stroud threw for more than 300 yards and Nico Collins caught two touchdown passes in a close loss last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

But when it started working, the idea of bunting caught fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Now, with the Aussies back in town, Naicker maintains he would have pounced on the same "fluke" had it been South Africa caught cheating.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

How Steve Ballmer, the richest owner in sports, was caught dead to rights by a humble podcaster, and what lessons the media and public can take from courtside seats to the halls of power.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

“If you want to make it out of there alive, don’t get caught by the cottonmouths.”

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

The room loosened into little clusters of women catching up and talking about what came next.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

In team meetings, group texts and over lattes, people are catching themselves using ‘prompt speak.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But there are signs that not all of those products are catching on.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

But he emerged as a productive target, catching 17 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns as part of a tight end group that included veterans Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson and Davis Allen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Her voice trailed off, the self-pity catching back up with her.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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