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as in tangled
to catch or hold as if in a net
an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals
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as in grabbed
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand
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Recent Examples of trapped
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Food particles and microorganisms can become trapped in the nicks, grooves, and scratches on the board.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
28 June 2026
In many cases, high performers become trapped in cycles of over-functioning.
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Dr. Sharon H. Porter,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
While pets may survive the flames of a house fire, smoke inhalation can quickly become life-threatening, particularly when animals become trapped indoors.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
The driver fell from the vehicle and became trapped underneath, Gonzalez said.
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Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
When heavy rains caused flooding on the Atlanta Connector and in other spots around the city, Waymo vehicles drove into floodwaters and became trapped.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Officers requested animal control after receiving reports of four to five pigs in the roadway, while other animals remained trapped inside the trailer.
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Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Never wrap furniture or mattresses in plastic; cover them with breathable cotton sheets or blankets to avoid trapped moisture.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
What else is going on Dozens of deportees who were flown back to Venezuela hours before the twin quakes are trapped under rubble.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Few things help beat the heat more than a strapless neckline, which frees up your underarms from being trapped in a hot T-shirt.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
Even as the window of opportunity narrowed in the search for survivors trapped under the rubble, expert teams from more than two dozen countries pressed on Wednesday with rescue operations.
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ABC News,
1 July 2026
Despite fading hopes of finding additional survivors, officials said rescue crews remain active across disaster zones, continuing what Rodríguez described as an unrelenting search for people still trapped beneath collapsed structures.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The raw materials required, like bismuth and tellurium, are rare, expensive, and trapped in chaotic global supply chains.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
The cause of the fire has not been publicly shared, but the BBC reports that the building lacked emergency exits and occupants were trapped inside after flames spread to the sole stairwell.
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Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Adjective
Some of the deportees survived the hotel’s collapse, but many remain trapped in the rubble.
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Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Food particles and microorganisms can become trapped in the nicks, grooves, and scratches on the board.
—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
28 June 2026
In many cases, high performers become trapped in cycles of over-functioning.
—
Dr. Sharon H. Porter,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
While pets may survive the flames of a house fire, smoke inhalation can quickly become life-threatening, particularly when animals become trapped indoors.
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
The driver fell from the vehicle and became trapped underneath, Gonzalez said.
—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
When heavy rains caused flooding on the Atlanta Connector and in other spots around the city, Waymo vehicles drove into floodwaters and became trapped.
—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Officers requested animal control after receiving reports of four to five pigs in the roadway, while other animals remained trapped inside the trailer.
—
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
Never wrap furniture or mattresses in plastic; cover them with breathable cotton sheets or blankets to avoid trapped moisture.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Verb
Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris.
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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
What else is going on Dozens of deportees who were flown back to Venezuela hours before the twin quakes are trapped under rubble.
—
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Few things help beat the heat more than a strapless neckline, which frees up your underarms from being trapped in a hot T-shirt.
—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
Even as the window of opportunity narrowed in the search for survivors trapped under the rubble, expert teams from more than two dozen countries pressed on Wednesday with rescue operations.
—
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Despite fading hopes of finding additional survivors, officials said rescue crews remain active across disaster zones, continuing what Rodríguez described as an unrelenting search for people still trapped beneath collapsed structures.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
The raw materials required, like bismuth and tellurium, are rare, expensive, and trapped in chaotic global supply chains.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
The cause of the fire has not been publicly shared, but the BBC reports that the building lacked emergency exits and occupants were trapped inside after flames spread to the sole stairwell.
—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapped
Adjective
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The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.
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To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.
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In other words, the valuable part of any message, the signal, can easily get tangled up in noise.
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During the first game, the Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner got tangled up, said some unkind things, and five players wound up with technical fouls in the aftermath.
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When Kennedy approached the rider and grabbed the handlebars to check whether the bike was registered, the rider refused to get off and allegedly tried to pull away.
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Maura Higgins, breakout star of The Traitors, grabbed her best tennis whites to ace the style assignment at Wimbledon 2026.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Thomas Jefferson — along with Robert Hemmings, an enslaved teenager who attended to his daily needs — arrived in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in May 1776.
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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.
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Ognall said that Stagg had been entrapped, and ruled that any evidence gathered from the operation was inadmissible in court.
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While once exclusive to skateboarders for their ease of movement, thanks to a crop of particular designers’ spring/summer 2026 collections—from Dries Van Noten, to Khaite and TWP—they’ve caught the eye of the fashion set, too.
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The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
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Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
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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.
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By 2014, the Honeywells and their compound were ensnared in local controversy.
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