catch sight of
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Trainspotters have been studying Big Boy 4014’s schedule and traveling long distances to catch sight of the iron giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
After confirming the grey-blue bird, he alerted a birdwatching WhatsApp group and by the afternoon, about 300 ornithologists arrived in the town hoping to catch sight of the egretta gularis.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
We were near Flagstaff when I blinked awake, glad to catch sight of the sunrise and grateful to have a sleeping area of my own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Sometimes when Ralph Bernhardt’s fellow students catch sight of him on the University of Oklahoma campus, they stop to ask: “Are you Squirrels of OU?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
I'm in the back checking out their new pittosporum tenuifolium, and I catch sight of Dell talking to Henry in the corner.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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