as in to work out
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Recent Examples of catch on
This can happen due to your natural hair texture, dryness, or environmental stressors like wind, friction from your pillowcase, or pollution—your cuticles can catch on each other like Velcro, Small says, causing tangles.
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Sarah Felbin, Allure, 26 Apr. 2026
Jokic came off a pin-down from Braun to catch on the right wing — again making Gobert chase him around a screen — but air-balled the 3-pointer.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The balloon didn't catch on anything.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Rockies right fielder Troy Johnston made a diving catch on his shallow fly ball to end the game.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Felbin, Allure, 26 Apr. 2026
Jokic came off a pin-down from Braun to catch on the right wing — again making Gobert chase him around a screen — but air-balled the 3-pointer.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
The balloon didn't catch on anything.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Rockies right fielder Troy Johnston made a diving catch on his shallow fly ball to end the game.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on
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El-Ahmad addressed Fitz in the context of other players who have not worked out across his four-plus transfer windows in Minnesota, including center back Victor Eriksson and midfielders Matus Kmet and Hoyeon Jung.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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Plus, there are technical issues to work out before a full-scale energy transition can be made.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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The tall mules are held in place by a wide toe strap that goes over the vamp creating an open, peep toe-like design.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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The news might not go over well with residents, despite the urgent need for affordable housing.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Robby DeGraff, manager of product and consumer insights at AutoPacific, said now is the right time for consumers to trade in their vehicles for an EV, especially one that's recently come off a lease.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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Figure out Gobert matchup Gobert is coming off the defensive series of his life, having made three-time MVP Nikola Jokic look mortal in Round 1.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
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Staffiere succeeds Michael Colombo, who led the Lancers to their first Div.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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The ability that one in a leadership position has to try to help everyone else succeed is an incredible gift.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
9 May 2026
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The wideout participated in rookie camps with the Chiefs, Saints, and Colts, but nothing panned out.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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There’s no guarantee that any of them pan out.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
3 May 2026
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August 23 – September 22 A broader perspective helps something click into place today.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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The truck was en route to deliver bread to the airport when it was grazed by the plane.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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