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as in entanglement
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as in arrest
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Recent Examples of entrapment
However, the woman’s entrapment was so complex, firefighters were forced to get creative, officials said.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
The allied strategy amounts to financial and security entrapment, decoupling Russia from the world economy and military suppliers.
—Carla Norrlof, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2022
Nevertheless, as alarmingly berserk entrapment scenarios go, Jeffrey’s feature is vivid in terms of both unsettling atmosphere and visceral action.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
The issue of entrapment is an interesting one, but Hit Man is too playful to get hung up on that or other moral and ethical issues.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
The allied strategy amounts to financial and security entrapment, decoupling Russia from the world economy and military suppliers.
—Carla Norrlof, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2022
Nevertheless, as alarmingly berserk entrapment scenarios go, Jeffrey’s feature is vivid in terms of both unsettling atmosphere and visceral action.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
The issue of entrapment is an interesting one, but Hit Man is too playful to get hung up on that or other moral and ethical issues.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
Noun
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Even small housing projects are subject to lengthy entanglements in red tape as costs escalate.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement PubMed.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One of them ended in dozens of arrests Thursday in Manhattan.—
Axios,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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Bell had a firearm at the time of his arrest, according to police.—
Michael Moore Jr.,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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His roles also involve advising on business case development, value capture, new financing, refinancing and restructuring of funding positions in corporate and infrastructure projects.—
Michael Flynn,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Another striking capture: stylist Julia-Sarr Jamois who wore a tan trench coat with a grey mock neck sweater.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
11 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles fires and recovery Malibu businesses are struggling in the aftermath of fire and continuing restrictions along Pacific Coast Highway.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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But border closures and travel restrictions during the pandemic prompted Turkish medical tourism companies to look for new markets.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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