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caught up (in)



caught up in


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"He is simply a teenager who found himself caught up in the events," they said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

DUP MLA Carla Lockhart said residents have "nothing to fear" and asked them not to get "caught up in hysteria".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Prediction markets can also get caught up in narratives and be skewed by flawed or even fraudulent polls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Actually, it is something that I’m aware of, and also myself got very much caught up in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

To her, this would be the moment that a young woman—nameless, no kids—was caught up in the lair of a vile djinn.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

"He is simply a teenager who found himself caught up in the events," they said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Among the steel-making cities caught up in Russia's recent missile campaign is President Volodymyr Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rih.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“We got caught up in it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Prediction markets can also get caught up in narratives and be skewed by flawed or even fraudulent polls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

“If my father was caught up in a war, I’d do whatever I could to bring him back.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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