as in shooting
to take a photograph of
we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop
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Recent Examples of photographing
With no great whites to document, Fallows has shifted his focus to photographing humpback whales.
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Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
During their flight, the crew members were tasked with identifying multiple geographic features, photographing the lunar surface and recording their findings for scientists back on Earth.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Each astronaut took turns photographing and documenting the Moon, both for audiences back on Earth and for the lunar science community.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Koch shared some thoughtful remarks following her time photographing the lunar surface.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Combing through the collections, photographing, and filming can take months depending on the musicians’ hoarder status.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
All that work is well and good, but perhaps the highlight for us Earthlings of this day of the mission will be a 20-minute block dedicated to photographing celestial bodies out the windows of the Orion spacecraft.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
Bloch hasn’t always been interested in photographing birds.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
The Emirates have strict laws around photographing evidence of attacks.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
During their flight, the crew members were tasked with identifying multiple geographic features, photographing the lunar surface and recording their findings for scientists back on Earth.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Each astronaut took turns photographing and documenting the Moon, both for audiences back on Earth and for the lunar science community.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Koch shared some thoughtful remarks following her time photographing the lunar surface.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Combing through the collections, photographing, and filming can take months depending on the musicians’ hoarder status.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
All that work is well and good, but perhaps the highlight for us Earthlings of this day of the mission will be a 20-minute block dedicated to photographing celestial bodies out the windows of the Orion spacecraft.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
Bloch hasn’t always been interested in photographing birds.
—Robert A. Cronkleton
march 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
The Emirates have strict laws around photographing evidence of attacks.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographing
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Adebayo finished Tuesday’s loss with just seven points on 2-of-13 shooting from the field, 1-of-7 shooting on threes and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line, nine rebounds and three assists in 36 minutes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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He is accused of shooting Afghan man Dad Mohammad three times in the head in an Uruzgan province wheat field in 2012.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Highlights of the trip included following the sardine run off the coast of South Africa, learning the art of underwater filming with an award-winning marine wildlife film crew, and then learning how to edit and produce high quality video of the dives.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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On December 10, Harbour and Wilde were seen filming scenes for the film in Los Angeles.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Nobody’s picturing the same exact one tiny flower.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
6 Apr. 2026
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Out of contact with Earth, the crew continued snapping pictures and shared a batch of maple cookies supplied by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first person not from the United States to ever travel to deep space.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The pull and release of awareness is like an elastic band snapping against my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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