Example Sentences

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During one of the commercial breaks, Garfield and the talk show host were catching up.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

“By the time we were catching cases,” he said, “there were so many that we were only left with bad options.”

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

Yields were catching up to the Federal Reserve’s main interest rate, which is above 5.25% and at its highest level since 2001 in hopes of getting high inflation under control.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

When these catch-and-release conservation anglers noticed unique orange and black spots on many of the fish they were catching, they wanted to learn more about the markings, and found Lackmann's previous research.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Some eight of those nearby had been jerking their bills, which he had imitated as if the act were catching, and now, with these same eight, he found himself on pinion in the horizontal air.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White