as in to fasten (on)
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To achieve the look, several electrically conductive and insulating layers are meshed.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025 -
Ryan and Rory bring a soulful-style harmony that meshes well with Johnson’s burly, warm vocal and further elevate the song’s timeless sound.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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Within 48-hours of his release, Khalil was back on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, addressing supporters and even protesting outside of Columbia University’s gates, not far from where he had been abducted in March.—
Steven W. Thrasher
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Waves of protests continued throughout the year, and in the final weeks of 2024, at least 10 young activists were abducted.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
20 June 2025
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In January, Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife were kidnapped in Vierzon, France.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children, earlier that year.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
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But his most recent move also runs the risk the U.S. is now enmeshed in another war in a volatile region — with perilous and uncertain consequences.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Minnesota is both unique and yet fully enmeshed in the same political, cultural, and ideological battles gripping the nation.—
David Schultz,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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Most horror flicks entrap their characters in one location or put them in some sort of unique, tense situation (think: satanic possession, or pissing off the wrong truck driver, attracting the wrong person, etc.), but in Final Destination, Death works with the great mundane canvas of ordinary life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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Early motherhood entraps them—and their children—in a bleak socioeconomic cycle that’s almost impossible to break.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 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 5 Jul. 2025.
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