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mousetrapped

verb

past tense of mousetrap

as in captured

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The singer quickly zipped up his black trousers, but not before a fan captured a video of the wardrobe malfunction.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
The collective spectacle captured a tension that Swift has long been charting through her music.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

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Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
The child, identified by authorities as Klieber Moran, was rescued after spending six days trapped beneath the rubble, Rodríguez said.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of trapped

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The Grimm Brothers fairy tale follows a pair of famished siblings who get lost in the woods and entrapped by a child-eating witch, after stumbling upon her cottage made of candy.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2026
Ognall said that Stagg had been entrapped, and ruled that any evidence gathered from the operation was inadmissible in court.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026

Definition of entrapped

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The operation, ProPublica found, ensnared innocent residents of the majority-Black city who said they were targeted and harassed because of their race.

— Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
By 2014, the Honeywells and their compound were ensnared in local controversy.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026

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The same report projects a churning labor market, with the WEF estimating a net 78 million new jobs by 2030 once creation and displacement are netted out, with enough roles based on human taste and judgment to more than replace those lost to AI.

— Elton Chan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Kane has scored three goals so far, while Bellingham has netted two and provided an assist.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026

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