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Recent Examples of uncaught
The Cubs carried a two-run lead into the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres, owners of the best record in baseball, when everything started to unravel after an uncaught fly ball.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
From demons to death cults, uncaught killers to unsolved disappearances, these genre films have proven that truth is not just stranger, but also scarier than fiction.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Despite a massive daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.
—Kevin McGill, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
If not, the killer dies and remains uncaught.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021
That ratio can then be used to calculate the number that went uncaught in real life.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021
Fishing for coho has been excellent at times and biologists said 44,000 hatchery coho remained uncaught Monday from the quota of 84,000.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022
Families of victims featured in Kansas' card deck described to CNN a torturous wait for resolution, with some also fearing for their own safety as the killers remain uncaught.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
An event of that kind can slip away uncaught, because resisting the familiar language resists the familiar point.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
From demons to death cults, uncaught killers to unsolved disappearances, these genre films have proven that truth is not just stranger, but also scarier than fiction.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Despite a massive daily cleanup operation that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.
—Kevin McGill, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
If not, the killer dies and remains uncaught.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021
That ratio can then be used to calculate the number that went uncaught in real life.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2021
Fishing for coho has been excellent at times and biologists said 44,000 hatchery coho remained uncaught Monday from the quota of 84,000.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022
Families of victims featured in Kansas' card deck described to CNN a torturous wait for resolution, with some also fearing for their own safety as the killers remain uncaught.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
An event of that kind can slip away uncaught, because resisting the familiar language resists the familiar point.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaught
Adjective
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Now, Americans should assume the companies’ lucrative levers of surveillance and persuasion are at the disposal, if not outright service, of a vindictive president, who’s increasingly unbound by judicial and other checks on his power.—
Max Taves,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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So a hyperbolic, unbound object inherently has to be moving faster.—
Darryl Z. Seligman,
The Conversation,
3 July 2025
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In certain contexts, that unrestrained flattery might lead to psychological distress: In recent months, there have been growing reports of individuals experiencing AI psychosis, in which extensive conversations with chatbots may have amplified delusions.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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The manner of death was listed as accident (unrestrained passenger in car crash), the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2025
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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The drone with its live, loose grenade needs to be handled by an explosive ordnance disposal tech.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The music of this six-piece L.A. County band feels loose on purpose, and it’s held together by something intuitive, a shared language that doesn’t need translating.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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Separately, a federal filing argued that the governor's unfettered discretion to sign death warrants violates death row inmates' constitutional rights to due process and had led to an arbitrary process for determining who lives and who dies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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For the agricultural community, what's perhaps even more concerning than DOGE's unfettered access to sensitive data is the capacity to change it or even deny and cancel payments.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Spencer's hair was styled by David Von Cannon and the two landed on loose, unfussy, undone waves for a cool contrast against her strapless metallic silver gown.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
17 July 2025
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Celebrities, too, have been working the beach wave hair look on red carpets, but unlike many high-glam styles, these undone waves are easy to DIY (particularly with the summer elements that tend to enhance hair texture).—
Claire Sullivan,
Footwear News,
3 June 2025
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“Uncaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaught. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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