ensnare

Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security awarded a contract to a company that makes a drone with massive nets to ensnare other drones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

If you heed our words, you will avoid the pitfalls that ensnare many others.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

The law is so broad and vague that it could ensnare anyone who maintains databases such as Mr. Webb’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

"They're built to ensnare sharks or fish and they're deadly effective, but sadly completely indiscriminate," says Dean Cropp who, as a cinematographer and ocean explorer, has been documenting these nets for years.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

They swung them like lassos and began to ensnare Typhon, throwing lines around the creature’s legs and arms, using the tide to keep circling, slowly tangling him.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

For someone like myself, who knows next to nothing about climbing, Krakauer powerfully elucidates the pull of a mountain like Everest and the trance-like state in which it ensnares its adversaries.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The veteran character actor plays a man whose pilfering of a wallet ensnares him in more high-stakes criminality in this elegant autumnal caper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It ensnares boaters and slows the river’s flow, which heightens flood risks and makes an ideal nursery for mosquitoes.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

For Myriam Gurba, fog is a condition that disorients and ensnares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast, A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast, A full reward of all her toyls hath she; 'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.

From The Lucasta Poems by Richard Lovelace

Campbell, 40 years old, is running probes—civil and criminal—that have ensnared more than 20 healthcare providers and a number of pharmaceutical companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The globe-spanning scandal also ensnared Pras Michel, a rapper in rap trio the Fugees, who was found guilty of helping Low funnel money from 1MDB into US politics.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

He was one of about 200 people ensnared in Operation Catch of the Day, the overwhelming majority of whom had no criminal record.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified school board has held three closed-door meetings since the raid as it grapples with the stunning developments that have ensnared Carvalho, among the most prominent K-12 education leaders in the nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

But no sooner did I than I became ensnared in brambles that caught me in their thorny grasp.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Enforcement is strict, even ensnaring a state biologist a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

It caused waves in the global car industry, ensnaring several other top carmakers and leading to legal action in several countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

Victims say soaring scams, weak bank safeguards, and poor recovery expose regulatory gaps in a country where digital banking has outpaced cybercrime checks, ensnaring people across classes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

And much of their speculation not-so-subtly referred to the “Mudbound” star’s apparent silence on the allegations ensnaring Bad Boy Entertainment co-founder Combs and on some problematic rumors swirling this year around Ne-Yo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024

Thrashing and growling at the net, trying to rip free, Summer was only ensnaring himself worse.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin