as in to trap
to place in conflict or difficulties
we were bogged down by the endless changes, and of course finished late
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During the winter months, the natural offshore winds blow emissions out to sea rather than trapping them over our cities, making the expensive California blend an unnecessary burden on drivers.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026 -
Scientists have found a way to make a new class of gas-trapping glass easier to manufacture by borrowing a centuries-old principle from traditional glassmaking.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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Shortly before the break, Hawks guard Dyson Daniels got tangled up with Knicks center Mitchell Robinson, which led to a fight after which both were ejected.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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As Anunoby shot his free throw, Robinson and Daniels got tangled up while jockeying for position.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The tail is not yet cooked—though the hell-fire in which the whole book is broiled might not unreasonably have cooked it all ere this.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new jumbo burgers were flame-broiled through an innovation the company had stumbled into by necessity.—
Steve Patterson,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The governor was embroiled in a scandal in 2023 involving the Sinaloa cartel, in which his name was published in a letter written by a then-Sinaloa cartel capo whose leaders of a rival faction the cartel had kidnapped.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
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Scott stars as a prickly author who visits an Irish hotel haunted by a witch and also gets embroiled in a murder mystery.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Bog (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog%20%28down%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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