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entrap

[en-trap] / ɛnˈtræp /


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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

"You could be kids messing about or someone trying to entrap me," I suggested.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

AI will entrap us in a matrix where none of us know what’s real.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Or how those hands, which could set the most intricate of snares, could as easily entrap me.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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