entrap
Example Sentences
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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
England’s drops were poor, but Woakes expertly exploited the swing to entrap Mathews.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
It sent representatives to the West to entrap Russian exiles under the pretext of helping the resistance movement.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 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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