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I managed to finish Veronica, but if I hadn't decided it might serve as the subject of a post discussing the use of fiction for "captur [ing], on the page, a period," I probably would not have made it through the second half of the novel, which seems especially rote and uninspired.

Social Fiction 2007

Tinee minion of Basement Cat, seeks nawt sekund captur of sole !

Poor Decisun - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

He described the unitary executive as 'best captur [ing] the meaning of the Constitution's text and structure,' and lamented the fact that 'the Supreme Court has not exactly adopted the theory.'

Samuel Alito Would Transfer Authority From Congress To The President, Radically Changing The Government 2006

The September 11, 2001, Documentary Project captur...

January 2005 2005

But do not try to captur Vienna, because if you do, you will arouse the sleepin dragons. '

Poland Michener, James 1983

A State Department policy statement of the preceding September had noted that the Communists under Ho Chi Minh had "captur [ed] control of the nationalist movement," thus impeding the "long-term objective" of the United States: "to eliminate so far as possible Communist influence in Indochina."

A Special Supplement: Vietnam: How Government Became Wolves Chomsky, Noam 1972

Gen'al Sherman was in charge of the regiment who sen 'word to Gen'al Grant to hol' his position 'til he had captur' Columbia, Savannah, burn out Charleston while on his way with dispatch of 45,000 men.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

For I'm gwine to captur 'that deserter-book on' see ef your name 's in it.

Tiger-Lilies. A Novel. 1867

Her captur in female apparel confooses me in regard to his sex, & you see

Artemus Ward 1865

My reported captur by the North American savijis of Utah, led my wide circle of friends and creditors to think that I had bid adoo to earthly things and was a angel playin 'on a golden harp.

Artemus Ward 1865