Example Sentences

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These costs have been catching employers off guard, especially with the increased use of agentic AI sucking up tokens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

While United still managed to post record commercial revenue of £333m last year, their main Premier League rivals have been catching them up in recent years.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

His best move might not have been catching air or nailing a tight turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The farmworker in question was regularly exposed to dairy cows, which have been catching the virus as it has spread through dairy and poultry farms throughout the United States the last several months.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

Oh, that's all in my eye! it is we fellows who have been catching it right along; we are the poor devils whose leaky brogans and tattered toggery would make folks throw us a copper.

From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.