catch sight of
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Tourists flock to the savannah by the hundreds of thousands, hoping to catch sight of the herds as they run a gantlet of crocodiles lying in wait in the Mara River.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
“It’s a life-changing moment when you catch sight of the ISS there in the eternity of the universe - seeing this little bubble of life, a microcosm of human creativity in the blackness,” he says.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
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
Near Greenwater, enjoy the leafy canopy, and pull over near the Skookum Falls viewpoint to catch sight of bright, blazing vine maples.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
I am walking purposefully toward the front of the store when I catch sight of him walking in the same direction, about one hundred feet to my left.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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