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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times
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as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata
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as in to interest
to hold the attention of
so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time
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as in to inform
to give information to
catch me up on what's been happening at the office
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Recent Examples of catch up
Age has finally caught up with them, Amy Nicholson laments.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Ahead, catch up on the cast’s off-screen romances.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The market is finally catching up.
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Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
That contract should age well as Benson’s production catches up to the rest of his game and the NHL salary cap rises.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Ahead, catch up on the cast’s off-screen romances.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
26 June 2026
The market is finally catching up.
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Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
That contract should age well as Benson’s production catches up to the rest of his game and the NHL salary cap rises.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch up
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Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.
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The child, identified by authorities as Klieber Moran, was rescued after spending six days trapped beneath the rubble, Rodríguez said.
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Like countless others, I was fascinated by the intersection of medicine, epidemiology, and emerging pathogens that the book portrayed.
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Hornets have ‘totally reshaped that frontcourt’ Kevin O’Connor, Yahoo sports podcaster and writer, is fascinated by the trade on both sides.
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These are novels about bohemian communities of friends and lovers and artistic collaborators, which is a big part of what interests me about AIDS activism.
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What interests me more is what has changed, which is the very substance of capital.
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There appears to be no clear association between these two lists, although the contaminant list is supposed to inform the monitoring list.
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Marcia Kimpton's hotel tips Kimpton’s upbringing informed her approach to selecting hotels.
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However long and tangled her rap sheet, Sugar sees her illuminatory potential through the grime and shadows of an unforgiving film-noir cityscape.
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Think pixelated logos, websites untouched since the AOL era and brand architectures so tangled by years of acquisitions and restructuring that even the founders can’t map them cleanly.
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Every young child is enchanted by the beautiful colors of the rainbow.
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That loyalty is admirable, even when the execution fails to enchant.
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The cabana frame was lifted by strong winds before crashing into an area occupied by guests near the resort's pool deck.
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Law enforcement also linked Sanchez-Munoz to a June 11 shooting in which a vehicle occupied by an adult and a child was hit by gunfire in the area of Seventh Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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All of Rojas’ family members were OK, the Venezuelan native told reporters ahead of Friday’s game against the Padres in San Diego.
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Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
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“Catch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20up. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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