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catch (the) headlines

To be featured on the headlines of news articles, as due to being particularly important, popular, fashionable, etc. It may not be so tremendous as to catch the headlines, but this small change in immigration law could have a huge impact on foreign workers. The pop star caught headlines yesterday after his latest run-in with police.
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Winger Adam Radwan has been among the names catching the headlines during the cup interlude, and even in his absence this weekend Richards is at pains to praise the progress of the Teesside teenager.
Debutant Graham to follow in his father's footsteps
APRIL 19, 1985: While Prince Charles and Princess Diana were catching the headlines in Italy, the Queen Mother did a power of good for international relations, meeting hundreds of delighted foreign tourists as well as townspeople during a whirlwind schedule which belied her 84 years.
REMEMBER WHEN
Although the race has become more respectable over the years as the control of the Jockey Club has increased, it is rare for a year to go by without some minor sensation catching the headlines Lord Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury had no idea what they were starting when they tossed a coin to decide What a new mile race to be run on May 4, 1780, should be called.
Heads - and odd tales! GREAT DAYS AT EPSOM Lord Derby's luck held on spin of coin
In the last few weeks, there have been a number of incidents where players have been sent off for going in with both feet - and the issue is catching the headlines on a regular basis.
TODAY IN THE BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP; In association with MSV
It is all very well catching the headlines with eco factories, when it could be even better to upgrade all their shops to become more energy efficient.
'M&S's success will depend on how fussy it is about the means of its carbon off-setting'
Two pioneers for future ranges of cars have been catching the headlines.
Toyota leads charge for petrol-electric hybrid
Although Channon's fillies are catching the headlines, he reminds us he has "a really nice bunch of juvenile colts" who have yet to see the racecourse.
Channon in no hurry over Bint
Mr Heathcoat-Amory's resignation not only reveals once again the uncomfortable division over Europe within the ranks of the Tory party, but does so at a time when the divisions between Labour have been catching the headlines.
Treachery will wreck my party; The Tory party is in total disarray following the resignation of David Heathcoat-Amory. Here JULIAN CRITCHLEY, Tory MP for Aldershot, who is not standing for re-election, reckons his party is tearing itself apart
65 points with an update from Lloyds Group on HBOS' poor performance catching the headlines.
SHARE TIPS; Taking Stock
In the last few weeks, there have been a number of incidents where players have been sent off for going in with both feet - notably Chelsea's Ricardo Carvalho, who was red-carded for a two-footed lunge on Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor on Boxing Day - and the issue is catching the headlines.
Football: Copple call on tackles
The Rabbit Out of the Hat CATCHING the headlines the day after Budget day is not just a concern for Gordon Brown.
From the red box to the annual tipple, the day is steeped in tradition and ceremony
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