as in to fasten (on)
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This season, Austin will work to use his suddenness as a route runner to mesh with Rodgers.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
22 July 2025 -
Epic and classic in tone, the film meshes a fantasy backstory, screwball relationships, and contemporary disaster-movie spectacle for a film that feels like a bright-eyed antidote to the dourest and dirtiest ’70s films.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Also Thursday, the military said an Israeli soldier was killed in Khan Yunis the day before, after militants burst out of an underground tunnel and tried to abduct him.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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But on that June morning, Nash violently forced his way into the daycare facility, abducting Montgomery and their baby at gunpoint.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 July 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement In the movie, Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is kidnapped, and No Name Smurf and the one female Smurfette (Rihanna) are on a mission to rescue him from the clutches of evil wizards.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
18 July 2025
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As the show went on, that family grew to include Carter's new friends, surprise siblings, and eventually even the woman who kidnapped her.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
16 July 2025
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While overseeing Turner – a collection of TV networks that at the time included TNT, TBS and CNN – he was enmeshed in decisions about distribution, sports rights and other industry dynamics.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 July 2025
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The deepest fear: Just four years after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan ended America's longest war, the United States is now enmeshed in another war in a volatile region, with perilous and uncertain consequences.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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In February 2021, a Martian meteorite with the planet’s atmosphere entrapped in it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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The second method for estimating water in the parent melt uses the melt entrapped in minerals of CE6 basalts.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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