Example Sentences

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It now intercepts a vast proportion of drones and missiles – although Russia often fires them in such great numbers they overwhelmed air defences and many do get through.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Gathering and parsing it can require thousands of analysts grinding for hours over communications intercepts, photographs and radar images as they try to divine the locations of missile launchers, tunnels and other targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Those intercepts are a success -- they prevented the missiles from striking their targets -- but they also come at the cost of pricey, high-tech interceptors that are in short supply.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The encryption is so strong that even if someone intercepts your data, it looks like complete gibberish to them.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

On Monday, Leah intercepts me as I walk into school.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli