entrap
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Chip makers use it as a carrier gas to entrap and transport certain chemicals, transfer energy to chemical reactants and cool silicon wafers during production.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
The document outlines the myriad ways the country’s security agents would try to surveil, entrap, compromise and recruit American visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Predator had been used in attempts to entrap at least 87 people, according to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
“AI will entrap us in a matrix where none of us know what’s real,” she warned.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024
“Do you want me then,” said Estella, turning suddenly with a fixed and serious, if not angry, look, “to deceive and entrap you?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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