as in to fasten (on)
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So, the owner and principal of Muskoka Living set out to craft a family oasis from the ground up—one that would seamlessly mesh refinement and comfort.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025 -
While there have been differences on strategy and scale, that simply perception never meshed with reality behind the scenes.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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The actress, 68, spoke with PEOPLE following the release of her new sci-fi action movie Osiris, which sees a group of commandos, abducted by an alien race, in a daring fight for survival.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Jose was charged with abducting and assaulting her.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Uribe, grandson of former president Julio César Turbay Ayala (1978-1982), experienced the violence of those years firsthand: his mother, journalist Diana Turbay, was kidnapped by Medellín Cartel drug traffickers under Pablo Escobar and killed in 1991 during a rescue operation.—
Sebastián Jiménez Valencia,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2025
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An on-duty police officer kidnapped his ex’s boyfriend, killed him and sank his body in a Tennessee river with cinder blocks, investigators said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Aug. 2025
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Trump's recent predecessors — from former Presidents George W. Bush to Joe Biden — also became directly or indirectly enmeshed in foreign wars.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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By plunging the viewer into this chaotic inner world, Aster illustrates the dissonant appeal of being enmeshed in the perspective of, and maybe even rooting for, an individual committed to their belief in justice—even if that commitment can border on sordid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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These situations provide an ideal opportunity for evil doers to set up bogus charities to entrap unsuspecting people.—
Norman B. Gildin,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Aug. 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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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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