entrapments

plural of entrapment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapments
Noun
  • This transit can also expose hidden motives in relationships, financial entanglements and even regarding our sense of self-worth.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • For example, in California, the limit is three entanglements of humpback whales before triggering a calendar-year closure of commercial fishing; the MMPA changes could raise that limit to 30 entanglements, Shester said.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up over the past couple of months, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints and facing a court date.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • To receive a replacement, disassemble the high chair, cut the restraints and seat cover, and email photo proof that the item has been taken apart.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rufus gathers from the firefighters that a gas main probably exploded while Mark captures, in his phone, the image of a man hovering by the accident, staring intently ahead like a ghost.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The record captures mounting angst, pushes back against control and calls out the capitalistic sides of our culture that fuel materialism and overconsumption.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the filing, the group alleges that Wisconsin law doesn't allow officers to make civil arrests except in certain circumstances that do not apply to civil immigration enforcement.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Prosecutors said additional arrests were anticipated, and one suspect, Cole Williams, remained at large and believed to be in Tehachapi.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Regional restrictions may apply.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Details are still emerging over exactly what the new flight restrictions will mean for airline travelers.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Entrapments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapments. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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