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mousetrapped

verb

past tense of mousetrap

as in captured

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The singer quickly zipped up his black trousers, but not before a fan captured a video of the wardrobe malfunction.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
The collective spectacle captured a tension that Swift has long been charting through her music.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

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There were 27 people inside the store at the time, including two who became partially entrapped but were able to free themselves and safely leave, according to local authorities.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Two people were partially entrapped in the debris but managed to free themselves and safely escape the building.

— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of entrapped

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The operation, ProPublica found, ensnared innocent residents of the majority-Black city who said they were targeted and harassed because of their race.

— Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
By 2014, the Honeywells and their compound were ensnared in local controversy.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026

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Sinner then broke Djokovic for 1-0 in the third set when the Serb netted a forehand volley on break point.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
In five appearances so far this World Cup, Erling has netted seven goals -- just one behind France's Kylian Mbappé and Argentina's Lionel Messi who both have eight -- ending each with his signature meditation pose.

— Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 July 2026

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Starting the game with a miss on a rare 3-point attempt, Reed recovered with an early block on a layup attempt from Trevor Keels and snared seven rebounds, three on the offensive end, in an 88-87 loss to the Miami Heat.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2026
But not all of the diaspora have been snared for the national team.

— Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 10 June 2026

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