catch at
verb
caught at; catching at; catches at
: to reach for and try to hold (something)
The baby caught at my dress as I walked past.
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Center fielder Jakob Marsee made a pair of big catches at the wall — robbing Carson Benge of a pair of hits in the first and sixth innings.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee twice robbed Benge of extra-base hits with leaping catches at the wall in the first and sixth.
—CBS News, 22 May 2026
His sixth-inning drive to right was caught at the fence.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
Sooryavanshi could have been run-out in the 90s when Mohsin Khan couldn't hit the stumps at the non-striker's end from close range before the fast bowler had the youngster caught at long-on in the 14th over.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Marlins center fielder Jakob Marsee twice robbed Benge of extra-base hits with leaping catches at the wall in the first and sixth.
—CBS News, 22 May 2026
His sixth-inning drive to right was caught at the fence.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
Sooryavanshi could have been run-out in the 90s when Mohsin Khan couldn't hit the stumps at the non-striker's end from close range before the fast bowler had the youngster caught at long-on in the 14th over.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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