Sentence examples for caught authorities from inspiring English sources

Last weekend's rallies clearly caught authorities by surprise.

The two said the rapid escalation and spread of the violence caught authorities off guard.

Haider had caught authorities' attention months earlier over what police considered troubling behavior, including waving what appeared to be an Islamic State group flag at a shopping mall.

A youthful thief on a bicycle and brandishing a toy gun held up a Forth Worth Taco Bell through the drive-up window but waited so long for a chalupa that he got caught, authorities said.

Yet this year, an early bumper harvest caught the authorities unprepared.

Yelena Rostova, 61, said anger over the ban had caught the authorities by surprise.

Now, after 41 years on the run, he has finally been caught, the authorities said Tuesday.

The grip that prescription drugs and heroin exert on young people has caught the authorities off guard.

He dismembered myths, caught erstwhile authorities with their factual trousers down, gave a glimpse of a community history lived not apart from trees but with them.

This summer's protests in the part of Kashmir controlled by India, the most sustained and violent since 2010, caught the authorities in New Delhi unaware.

Some rail services, including Eurostar and Thalys trains, from the central Paris station were suspended at around 6.30pm after a transformer caught fire, authorities said.