take a picture
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"It's like walking out back at your house, trying to take a picture of the moon," he told mission control.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
“But on set, the first couple days you had to show them that you were like a brother to them. You can’t be like, ‘Hey man, we got to take a picture.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
If you take a picture of him he doesn’t like, then he screams and pouts.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
“Me? She was going to take a picture either way!”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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