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Recent Examples of entrapment
Enclosed by prison-like scaffolding, viewers experience both empathy and entrapment, transforming the piece into a rehearsal for real-life resistance.
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
In other words, if a product increases your baby’s risk of entrapment, suffocation, or strangulation, it should not be used.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 7 May 2025
But my outsized feelings of enclosure and entrapment were the tunnel vision of a forty-year-old fear crashing through my long and studied insulation.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
More than 5,000 baby high chairs sold exclusively at Amazon were recalled over risk of serious injury or fatal fall and for being an entrapment hazard.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
In other words, if a product increases your baby’s risk of entrapment, suffocation, or strangulation, it should not be used.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 7 May 2025
But my outsized feelings of enclosure and entrapment were the tunnel vision of a forty-year-old fear crashing through my long and studied insulation.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
More than 5,000 baby high chairs sold exclusively at Amazon were recalled over risk of serious injury or fatal fall and for being an entrapment hazard.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrapment
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And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
5 July 2025
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Manatees also are vulnerable to boat strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and ingestion of marine debris.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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His arrest has drawn scrutiny on press freedom in the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Following his arrest, Burhoe was immediately suspended without pay.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
12 July 2025
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These pilot programs involve the robot performing tasks like machine tending, part inspection and reality capture.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Hotel Congress: Step into history at this iconic hotel known for its retro charm, unbeatable brunch and ties to the capture of outlaw John Dillinger.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
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The company said in a statement that inventory value adjustments and the impact of U.S. restrictions on advanced AI chips for China had contributed to the decline in profits.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
7 July 2025
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Starting in the 1970s, home construction plummeted and prices soared in high-opportunity coastal cities because of restrictions on supply.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 July 2025
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“Entrapment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrapment. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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