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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Boone added that Aaron Judge (first right rib stress fracture) began playing catch at Yankee Stadium on Friday. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Tristan Peters also made a leaping catch at the wall on Matt McLain's drive to left-center in the third. CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Before he was caught at the center of a scandal, Bobby Dodd saved the AAU. Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026 An 8-year-old boy's unexpected catch at a lake near Philadelphia has drawn attention to the issue of exotic pets being released into local waterways. ABC News, 12 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2026.

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