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Noun
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Humpback whales are native to the mid-Atlantic region and boat strikes are a leading cause of death, along with entanglement with fishing gear, NOAA Fisheries reports.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025 -
Balancing industry with conservation But perhaps the biggest threat to North Atlantic right whales is entanglements, often in fishing gear.—
Nate Iglehart,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
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But my outsized feelings of enclosure and entrapment were the tunnel vision of a forty-year-old fear crashing through my long and studied insulation.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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More than 5,000 baby high chairs sold exclusively at Amazon were recalled over risk of serious injury or fatal fall and for being an entrapment hazard.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Three police officers shot in what appears to be a surprise ambush at the scene of a grisly murder.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Osorio-Ortiz’s arrest warrant, which called the shooting a premeditated ambush, shows the argument centered around Rivera’s 18-year-old son, Josiah Lombillo, who lived with his mother and Osorio-Ortiz, and 20-year-old Keniel Gonzalez.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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But computer simulations show that there are filaments and tendrils of dark matter crisscrossing the voids like a faint echo of the grand cosmic web, repeating itself in miniature.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Destinee Adams produced this piece for web, and Treye Green edited it.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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“Envelopment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envelopment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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