mousetrapping

verb

present participle of mousetrap
as in trapping

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  1. trapping
  2. capturing
  3. entrapping
  4. netting
  5. ensnaring
  6. snaring
  7. hunting
Verb
  • London — Eighteen people were injured, including two seriously, after a passenger train derailed in southern England on Thursday, trapping passengers inside carriages that had toppled onto their sides.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The tree crashed through a back bedroom of the home, trapping the child, Low said.
    — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trapping
Verb
  • The Arakan Army controls much of Rakhine after capturing territory from the military in recent years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This impending surge in lunar traffic makes time-sensitive missions like CosmoCube crucial to capturing the universe’s earliest faint signals before the quietest sanctuary in the solar system becomes noisy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • Democrats called the hearing a politically motivated attempt at entrapping Fauci and praised the scientist for his work during the pandemic.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Another one of the Tates’ lawyers filed a claim on Fisher’s behalf, accusing Hadley of entrapping him.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of entrapping
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  • Sam Surridge followed eight minutes later, netting his team's leading 12th goal of the season, scoring off his back heel and putting Nashville up 3-1.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Key departures include Ferran Torres to PSG for €50 million, netting Barça €40 million, and Ansu Fati's €11 million move to Monaco.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of netting
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  • Xinhua The anti-corruption campaign has reached every level of China’s political system, ensnaring millions of senior leaders and rank-and-file officials.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • And in that quest for unbridled growth, the AI industry has wrested ungodly amounts of capital from investors all looking for the next big thing, ensnaring the entire economy.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of ensnaring
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  • First baseman Michael Busch finished the play by reaching out and snaring Hoerner’s dazzling throw to complete the highlight and nab the speedy Salazar for the out.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Pickens was even more dominant, snaring nine balls for 144 yards and a score.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Definition of snaring
Verb
  • In response to those run-ins, some lawmakers have proposed establishing a regulated bear hunting season in parts of Connecticut, particularly the northwest corner.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Commentators spent hours before each broadcast hunting through fragmented files for athlete stats and career histories.
    — Ruba Borno, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunting
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