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was capturing
verb
To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
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A video crew was capturing his every syllable.
"He was capturing moments as opposed to creating a tableau".
But Simon Donikian, peering through his kitchen window, was capturing their every move in a painting.
They never stopped looking forward at whatever was capturing their attention in the grass.
In the moment she felt that the material she was capturing was exploitative, she said.
The quarterback's nervous mother, Kathleen DiMeglio, was capturing the moment on video from the bleachers.
With roughly 20percentt of local government areas reporting, he was capturing 75percentt of the votes.
On Monday, BP said a cap was capturing 11,000 barrels of oil a day from the well.
While writers in English were anxiously purging female sexuality from their novels, Jacobsen was capturing his heroine's fearless sensuality.
The result, three years later, was "Capturing the Friedmans," which was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.
Although he appears to be in a mystical state, it wasn't clear whether Bellini was capturing the moment of stigmatization.
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