trapped

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Double-digit raises have been promised to union workers by a school system that for months has proclaimed that it is in dire financial straits, trapped in deficit spending and facing potential insolvency in four years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

With 20% of the world’s oil trapped behind Hormuz, the IEA expects global supply to decline by 1.5 million barrels a day this year, from previous expectations of 1.1 million barrels a day of growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

And thus, that usually means that everyone is trapped in the position suggested by what should happen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Very few vessels are passing through, with hundreds of ships and an estimated 20,000 seafarers still trapped inside the Gulf.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Boulder and Maple got trapped one evening while we were hunting as a family—well, Mother and Father were hunting, and we three were just messing around.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz