trap
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Dental tartar can trap and preserve DNA from species that were regularly eaten, providing researchers with a record of ancient diets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Over the years, the ubiquity of “More Than a Feeling” unfairly categorized “Boston” as an arena-rock tourist trap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Heisenberg: Isidor is a classic FPL trap at the moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once you’re eligible for RMDs, you can fall into a trap.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“That’s just about the best monkey-catching trap I’ve ever seen,” he said.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Some 350 workers and residents have been brought to safety from the tunnel, he added, but efforts were ongoing to extract more than 100 people trapped in the same area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
By the time the beavers were trapped and their dams dismantled, a few dozen acres of trees were dead and too dangerous to remove.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The emergency workers were labouring under threat of new floods as water trapped by the immense piles of debris blocking the valley risks surging out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
"I felt so trapped at that point," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He felt trapped between powers that he didn't understand.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia on Monday, trapping people under collapsed buildings and presenting an early challenge to a president who was sworn in on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The city's mayor said a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was partially destroyed, trapping people inside.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Most forms of air conditioning are highly energy-intensive and, depending on its power source, can belch even more carbon into the atmosphere, trapping more of the sun’s heat and causing more intense heat waves.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Borah argues camera trapping shows enough prey for initial arrivals and that "the conservation message is more important right now than worrying about prey availability".
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Over the years, humans have endangered bandapats by trapping them and locking them in hush-hush science labs.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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