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
Occultists have learned that by deploying sound vibrations they can summon angels from the cosmic ether and entrap them on earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
A man takes his daughter to a pop concert, only to discover when he arrives that the whole thing is a sting operation set up by the FBI to try and entrap a dangerous criminal.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
Cafés tend to be tiny and don’t provide enough of a natural environment for cats or small pigs, and those that entrap wildlife are abhorrent, Azuma said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 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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