entrap

Example Sentences

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The researchers did calculations to see if 'Oumuamua was big enough to store enough entrapped hydrogen, and if that could account for its peculiar acceleration.

From Salon

But the plant’s hairs may be just sticky enough to catch small flies and beetles without entrapping bigger pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

From Washington Post

Nevertheless, the lies, deceptions and sudden strokes of honesty and performative goodwill have become so frequent as to be inseparable at this point, entrapping Sarah in a perpetual guessing game.

From Salon

Some defendants have recently argued in court that they were entrapped by FBI operatives who stoked their anger against Whitmer, facilitated meetings and paid for hotels and other costs related to the scheme.

From Washington Post

"He warned us against being entrapped by the cozy relationship between the government, a military who buys and the ability of companies who sell all the equipment," Wolff explained.

From Salon