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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as it caught" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is being observed or noted at the moment it is captured or experienced.
Example: "She smiled brightly as it caught the light, creating a beautiful sparkle in her eyes."
Alternatives: "as it captured" or "as it seized".
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So Lily has watched her pink nightgown on a clothesline as "it caught a breeze and did a short cootchie dance for her".
Talk to Jeffrey P. Bezos, the company's founder and chief executive, and he will speak of myriad ways that Amazon has refined its strategy and tactics over the last year as it caught up with its frantic expansion during its first six years.
However, the ONS cautioned that the current rate of economic growth was still well below the rate experienced during previous recoveries from recessions since 1945 - during which the economy has typically enjoyed a short burst of growth as it caught up with its pre-recession level.
He joined Mrs. Bachmann's campaign this summer as it caught on in Iowa.
A coastal wind felt strange as it caught my long winter beard.
And the crash caught him unawares as it caught others unaware".
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This tribute to one of the most generous movie-star photographers flatters its subjects even as it catches them off guard.
Apple will no doubt release its legal hounds as soon as it catches wind of the unofficial mod.
As Deng Xiaoping once said: it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
Then when people asked he said, "it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice".
It prompted perhaps his most famous remark: "I don't care if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice".
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