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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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According to the research team, both classical and quantum models of gravity would produce entanglement at different strengths depending on variables such as mass, separation distance, and experiment duration.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Though researchers logged no right whale deaths in the latest report, entanglements and vessel strikes remain a serious threat to the animals.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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On Thursday, the Wilmington Police Department (WPD) announced the arrest of Warren County resident Silas Shelton, who serves as a pastor at Blanchester Community Ministries in Clinton County.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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In August, a reward for information leading to his arrest was raised to $50 million.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Some trappers focus on humane, live-capture and relocation for nuisance animals, while others are licensed hunters who can legally trap and kill animals during hunting seasons.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many, however, see the strikes as a warning to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, who faces criminal charges in the United States and has a $50 million reward for information that leads to his capture.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
24 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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Free of the restrictions of their previous IP work with franchises like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, AdHoc can begin showing audiences what their house style and sensibilities look like.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Pentagon said that more than 60 correspondents signed on to its new restrictions, with major news outlets as well as conservative sources like Newsmax and The Washington Times shunning the new policy.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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