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Recent Examples of catch on
And on this particular take, the flames immediately lick up the side of the prop and almost catch on the fabric of his sleeve.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Rice is terrific after the catch on the football field, a trait that materialized on his first touchdown.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
The 5-11, 209-pound Price has only one catch on the season but has carried the ball 63 times for 422 yards and seven touchdowns.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Rice is terrific after the catch on the football field, a trait that materialized on his first touchdown.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
The 5-11, 209-pound Price has only one catch on the season but has carried the ball 63 times for 422 yards and seven touchdowns.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Skilled forgers started to catch on, endeavoring to cash in on that development.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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For well over a year, these comfy walking shoes became my go-to for catching flights, running errands, working out, and clocking thousands of steps across New York City.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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The treatment of a player who was widely revered as an icon in Dallas, especially less than a year after an NBA Finals appearance, went over like a ton of bricks.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Last week, Ohio food pantries recorded a surge in need, as federal workers went over a month without pay.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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Marshall, who came off the bench and scored 30 points, was one of the biggest reasons the Mavericks avoided a regular-season series sweep by the Wizards.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Sluggish start The Horned Frogs looked more rusty than rested coming off the bye week as TCU trailed Iowa State 6-3 at halftime.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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This single activity arguably bundles many of the cognitive skills—filtering, decoding, planning, analysis—required to succeed in virtually any kind of knowledge work.—
Cal Newport,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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The exec succeeds Daniel Lamarre, who stepped in as interim CEO in April 2025 and before that ran the global circus troupe for nearly 20 years until 2021, based in Montreal.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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That projection wouldn’t pan out, of course, if enough millionaires left the city to avoid the tax.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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In a post on X Wednesday morning, Huffman acknowledged that the election did not pan out as hoped.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Delete suspicious messages immediately and never click on links from unknown sources.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The user doesn't have to click on a link or a message.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Another Republican, Sen John Cornyn of Texas, had to fly back from Texas to deliver the crucial 60th vote.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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While Kyle Shanahan’s team continues to battle the injury bug, the coach and his staff keep finding ways to win games as backups have assumed vital roles and have delivered.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20on. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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