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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Sooryavanshi smacked another four sixes, scoring 47 off the next 12 balls, and was one hit away from the fastest-ever IPL hundred, when he was caught at third man in the eighth over.
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ABC News, 27 May 2026
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.
—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
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ABC News, 27 May 2026
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for catch at
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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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