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had caught

  • past perfect
    of catch.
    catch
    verb (used with object)
    to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a runaway horse.

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Javier Barrio, whose wife Carmen de Santana had caught the train as one of her final work-related trips before her retirement, said "we are doing what we can, crying."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Romania reported on Monday that a grain ship had caught fire and sank in the Black Sea, with one crew member killed and one missing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Alexandr Wang, who heads MSL, reportedly told employees in July that Watermelon had caught up to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5, which had launched in April, according to Business Insider.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Miami Dade Fire Rescue said crews "arrived to find an airplane that had caught on fire as a result of this crash, with heavy flames and smoke showing".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

But she couldn’t deny the smell that she had caught right before they’d jumped into DEIGN.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi