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Much of the uncaptured Mexican waste flows into the Tijuana River, which crosses a U.S. estuary before reaching the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

As giving shifts toward informal routes - online transfers, crowdfunding and other unaudited platforms - much of this behaviour goes uncaptured.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

In 1985, one of the paintings from Willem de Kooning’s famous mid-1950s “Woman” series disappeared from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, sliced out of its frame by thieves who went undetected and uncaptured.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

Grabbing more uncaptured water from rivers may not be easy since almost all of it is dedicated to support habitat for plants and wildlife as required by regulations and court orders, he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Bronwyn opened her coat and said, “I’d like you to meet the second-to-last uncaptured ymbryne, Miss Alma Peregrine.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs