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Recent Examples of uncaught
Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.
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Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
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
Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncaught
Adjective
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Valadao’s campaign says the votes show the congressman is an independent thinker, unbound by partisan ideology.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Tiwa Savage has stepped into her era of emotional depth—unbound and unbothered.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In contrast, post-liberals sharply distinguish the libertarian project (in all its forms) from genuine conservatism, arguing that the latter requires a commitment to social cohesion that is incompatible with unrestrained individualism.—
Suzanne Schneider,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2026
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Police believe Lopez ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle, and that her unrestrained 6‑month‑old son - later identified as Sebastian Reyes - was ejected.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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
Adjective
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The live-action show is a rather loose adaptation of the original manga, presenting itself as a glossy prestige drama, a bit more serious than its source material.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rodón, 33, is working his way back from an October operation to remove a bone spur and loose bodies in his left elbow.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Teens will have unfettered ability to trade stocks, bonds and most ETFs and mutual funds.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, accused the company of allowing predators unfettered access to underage users and connecting them with victims, often leading to real-world abuse and human trafficking.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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Powerful seismic waves instantly toppled almost every building in the port city of Yokohama, sent a wall of water crashing across the coast of the island of Honshu, and unleashed mudslides that inundated fishing villages and buried inhabitants alive.—
Joshua Hammer,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Voyer points out how this shift surfaced on the Fall/Winter 2026-2027 runways, where brands like Gucci (bodycon dresses and stilettos) and 7 For All Mankind (hi-low hemlines and satin minidresses), embraced a more undone, after-dark energy.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Style with a slight bend, like Emma Stone at the 2026 Golden Globes, for a look that’s both undone and polished.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Uncaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncaught. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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