

In the 74th edition of the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, a young self-sufficient 16-year-old girl offers herself as a tribute from District 12 in place of her younger sister, Primrose. Katniss undergoes several trials and tribulations as a part of the Hunger Games, which is a battle royale to the death of children aged between 12 and 18.ĭuring the annual “ reaping” in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, one male and one female child aged between 12 and 18 are chosen as tributes for The Hunger Games. Send us feedback.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins follows the story of Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl who offers herself as a tribute in the annual Hunger Games in the post-apocalyptic world of Panem. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'catch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Consistency was an issue, and Calzada was still playing catch-up during fall camp. 2022 But students and teachers will still be navigating the need for a huge academic catch-up. BST on Thursday - which meant some needed to play catch-up.

2022 For Asian media operators, the death of Queen Elizabeth II occurred in the middle of the night - Buckingham Palace made its announcement at 6.30 p.m. 2022 Mahomes finished with 235 yards passing, and Jerick McKinnon and Justin Watson hauled in the TD passes for the Chiefs (2-0), who fell behind 10-0 in the first quarter and spent most of the game playing catch-up.ĭave Skretta, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2022 Mahomes finished with 235 yards passing, and Jerick McKinnon and Justin Watson hauled in the TD passes for the Chiefs (2-0), who fell behind, 10-0, in the first quarter and spent most of the game playing catch-up.ĭave Skretta,, 15 Sep. Simar Bajaj, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. to get ahead of the virus, as opposed to always playing catch-up. 2022 The bottom-line is that the new Covid-19 boosters may offer an opportunity for the U.S. 2022 Every app is trying to be TikTok, but sometimes the viral video-sharing app has to play a bit of catch-up itself. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The turnovers were gone, but the inefficiency was still there as the Bengals played catch-up for essentially the entirety of their 20-17 loss to the Cowboys.Īndrew Gillis, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022 Jyair kept throwing up his water bottle and trying to catch it midair, on the way down. 2022 The Ugg-Telfar collaborations don’t shy away from either version of the Ugg story - the chicly disheveled white celebrity and the regular person just trying to catch the subway.ĭave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Videos apparently recorded at the scene showed a large crowd trying to catch a glimpse of the debris pile as rescue workers arrived with tools.Ĭhinedu Asadu, ajc, 30 Aug. Lelah Byron And Aimee Galaszewski, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Despite trying to catch lagging students early, Mississippi has a higher retention rate - not advancing kids to the next grade - than any other state, according to data from the U.S. 2022 This time, the FBI is actually trying to catch the bad guys. Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep.

2022 Not at all unexpectedly, a massive crowd surrounded the Princess of Wales Theatre, trying to catch a glimpse of the pop star/actor on his way into the venue. 2022 The police erected green metal barriers around the parade route, leaving thousands of people to mill around outside, trying to catch a glimpse through gaps in the wall or watching livestream broadcasts of it on their mobile phones. Recent Examples on the Web: Verb So there were people just running around, trying to catch Pokémon.īrooklyn White, Essence, 16 Sep.
