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catching

[kach-ing] / ˈkætʃ ɪŋ /


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Angels second baseman Adam Frazier had trouble getting the ball out of his glove after catching shortstop Zach Neto’s throw.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Exactly this happened during the dot-com bubble and was repeated in the postpandemic bubble in unprofitable tech stocks, when steady dividend stocks went out of fashion, before catching up by the end of 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Cerebras went public over a decade after its founding, catching a second wind of market enthusiasm for AI after a cooling-off period earlier this year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Luckily, her voice sounded fine during Friday's dress rehearsal; and the singer gave us an insight into the lyrics behind her song, My System, which literally talks about catching an infection… of emotion.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

She was about to say, In the play I was in, catching the admission just before it slipped past her tongue.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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