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Recent Examples of entrapment
Fame is perhaps this tower, an ultimate entrapment in the self that is also a deliverance from it.
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Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
This background establishes Janalice’s vulnerability and foreshadows her entrapment in trafficking.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
When fire crews arrived, the situation was quickly escalated to a two-alarm fire due to reports of entrapment.
—Lexi Harpster, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
This background establishes Janalice’s vulnerability and foreshadows her entrapment in trafficking.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
When fire crews arrived, the situation was quickly escalated to a two-alarm fire due to reports of entrapment.
—Lexi Harpster, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
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Most of the rest of the Middle East, in his mind, is broken, angry, dysfunctional and an arena for unnecessary entanglements.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In his 1796 Farewell Address, George Washington warned Americans against entanglement with Europe.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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McLaughlin further alleged that Trebach blocked agents of Customs and Border Protection from carrying out their duties, and that led to her arrest.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
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The real-life Watkins spoke with the Minneapolis Tribune following Gein's arrest, saying the two dated for 20 years and that Gein had even proposed to her.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gunn also provides the performance capture for Rocket in the Marvel films.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Freiburghaus captures musician and friend Dino Brandão’s battle with mental illness after a trip to his father’s native country of Angola raises questions about his own sense of identity.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
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This identity enmeshment can cause tunnel vision and reduce resilience.—
Alliance Manchester Business School,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That is an unhealthy amount of enmeshment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Trump has imposed wide-ranging tariffs on much of the world, carried out a mass deportation program, and introduced restrictions on legal immigration, including the most recent change to the H-1B program.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The existing Kwik Trip store will be put up for sale with a deed restriction that does not allow a convenience store or fueling station to be in its place, according to village documents.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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