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as in entanglement
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as in arrest
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Recent Examples of entrapment
Other top hazards were fall risks, burns, entrapment, poisoning, laceration, suffocation and choking.
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Kelly Tyko, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Resilience in the face of entrapment and autonomy are balanced throughout the show with Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and Romanian painter Corneliu Baba’s imagery in mind.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
As the teen grows increasingly agitated by Briony’s questioning, desperate to take charge of the conversation, the camera pans around the pair, giving the audience a feeling of cage-like entrapment.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
For Kentridge, attachment to a great idea can lead to entrapment, closing your mind to other, unthought-of fertile ideas.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Tyko, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Resilience in the face of entrapment and autonomy are balanced throughout the show with Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and Romanian painter Corneliu Baba’s imagery in mind.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
As the teen grows increasingly agitated by Briony’s questioning, desperate to take charge of the conversation, the camera pans around the pair, giving the audience a feeling of cage-like entrapment.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
For Kentridge, attachment to a great idea can lead to entrapment, closing your mind to other, unthought-of fertile ideas.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
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The modern Republican Party stands for avoiding bloody and costly foreign entanglements while Democrats plead for endless funnels of cash for Ukraine.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Murphy’s oeuvre has revolutionized the study of natural history’s entanglements with slavery.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
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The suspect is now facing charges of assault with bodily injury with a previous conviction, injury to the elderly, continuous violence against family, resisting arrest and terror threat of family, McLennan County Jail records seen by PEOPLE show.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has begun revoking the legal status of migrants who entered the U.S. under a Biden administration process powered by a smartphone app formerly known as CBP One, instructing them to leave the country immediately or face arrest and deportation.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Any information on how the prisoners were transported to the interior of the U.S. after capture in Europe would be of interest, as well.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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An oil spill will go beyond your capture area, leaving minor slicks despite your otherwise careful collection.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some regulators might see stablecoins as competition to or complementary with CBDCs, leading to either tighter restrictions or new forms of partnership.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Other states are also debating whether to remove transfer restrictions.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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