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Recent Examples of entrapment
The order also states Denver Fire’s conveyance team must be notified by the landlord within 24 hours of any elevator entrapment.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Based on a true story, the musical follows the 1925 entrapment and rescue attempt of cave explorer Floyd Collins.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Critics were baffled upon its release by the narrative contortions and dense plot, but the disorientation is the point; Welles fashions a baroque noir of fatalism and entrapment, where escape is an illusion and the self is a hall of mirrors.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Enclosed by prison-like scaffolding, viewers experience both empathy and entrapment, transforming the piece into a rehearsal for real-life resistance.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
Based on a true story, the musical follows the 1925 entrapment and rescue attempt of cave explorer Floyd Collins.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Critics were baffled upon its release by the narrative contortions and dense plot, but the disorientation is the point; Welles fashions a baroque noir of fatalism and entrapment, where escape is an illusion and the self is a hall of mirrors.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
Enclosed by prison-like scaffolding, viewers experience both empathy and entrapment, transforming the piece into a rehearsal for real-life resistance.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
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Devon would be a welcome way out of all this entanglement, but can James see a path forward with Dani?—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Many foreign leaders, lobbyists, and executives who might otherwise have paid handsomely for the Trump hotel’s location and luxury stayed elsewhere, fearing entanglement in an influence scandal.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Morales, barred from running due to term limits and facing an arrest warrant on statutory rape charges, urged supporters to cast null ballots in protest.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Fisher was in custody in Iowa on unrelated charges when he was served an arrest warrant.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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The deregulation movement championed by Alfred Kahn, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan was largely intended to reduce regulatory capture, by which industries managed to turn regulations to their benefit, protecting them from competition.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Fire it up, and you are presented with all the audio inputs available on your capture device.—
Phil Nickinson,
PC Magazine,
11 Aug. 2025
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The cheapest pass at Jackson Hole, WY with no blackout dates or restrictions is currently $2,950.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Presidential-library foundations have far fewer restrictions.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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