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capturing



NOUN
imprisonment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
confining detaining immuring imprisoning incarcerating locking up quarantining
Antonyms


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Only by lying in the dust and capturing the beetle at eye level could Whitfield show how much strength its task required.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Two new releases from the musician—‘Kevin Sun I.’ and ‘Kevin Sun II.’—are by turns serious and whimsical, capturing him both in debt to tradition and playfully upending it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mr. De los Santos directed with economy and precision, capturing the physical essence of these relationships—as when Macaria and Pina playfully acted out the extremes of telenovela emoting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The scoreline does a terrible job in capturing what happened.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Crude as it was, capturing none of her loveliness, it was an unmistakable likeness, from her hair—the rich dark red of wildflower honey—to the stark black band painted across her eyes like a mask.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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