catch at
phrasal 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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Harris had two hits Monday, including an RBI single, and made a spectacular running catch at the wall, while Albies went 0-for-4 to stretch his hitless streak to 26 at-bats and drop his average to .207 and OPS to .587, 13th-worst among MLB qualifiers.
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Major Colorado Migrant Raid: 'Crime Ridden Mess' Trump's Mass Deportations Are Pushing US Farms to Breaking Point
Such a deal would allow the U.S. to send asylum seekers caught at the U.S. border to Libya to process their claims.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s prison, there’s death, there’s torture and death or torture then prison; there’s not getting caught at all.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Richmond International Airport set a record last year for the most guns caught at TSA checkpoints.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Major Colorado Migrant Raid: 'Crime Ridden Mess' Trump's Mass Deportations Are Pushing US Farms to Breaking Point
Such a deal would allow the U.S. to send asylum seekers caught at the U.S. border to Libya to process their claims.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s prison, there’s death, there’s torture and death or torture then prison; there’s not getting caught at all.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Richmond International Airport set a record last year for the most guns caught at TSA checkpoints.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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