birdlimed

verb

past tense of birdlime
as in captured

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  1. captured
  2. collared
  3. meshed
  4. entrapped
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  • Pictures and video are only captured when the camera senses a vehicle going 10 miles per hour or more above the speed limit.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, the militia took a leading role in an operation to retake the strategically vital Red Sea port of Mocha, captured by the Houthis last month.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Some members of the Whaleback pack are collared, providing a good starting point.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The video, from a traffic stop of a white Volvo semi in a rural area on May 18, shows officers pulling the vehicle over before the driver descends from the cab and attempts to run away, crossing a set of train tracks before being quickly collared by law enforcement.
    — Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
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  • Tabrizi said the way the players have meshed as a team since the Miami Central game has been crucial to its improvement.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2026
  • His consistent personality has meshed well with the coaching staff and players in the clubhouse.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of meshed
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  • How else could that show have ended, the way people were being entrapped, and, certainly, with the dubious legality of it all?
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Berry created a set that entrapped the pair with the landscape as well.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrapped
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