as in to fasten (on)
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The instruction to hang onto the old maps came in a May 4 email that also provided information on how local elections supervisors could obtain data to redraw their local maps to mesh with the new state one.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2026 -
Russia’s counterinsurgency tactics, effective when used with the backing of the full Russian military, also haven’t meshed well with the central Sahel states.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in an Amber alert issued on Saturday, May 9, that 54-year-old Mouna Omar Saleh Ali, and her two children — ages 7 and 9 — had been abducted from a residence in Perinton.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Neil deGrasse Tyson has had a lifelong fantasy of being abducted by aliens.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Soon Collie is ensnared in a plot to kidnap a sickly rich boy that immediately goes off the rails.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Long before trial, six co-conspirators in the case had pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to kidnap or kill Moïse or to a lesser charge of smuggling the vests to the Colombians.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grunion may be taken by hand only — no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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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 14 May. 2026.
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