entrap

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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

“AI will entrap us in a matrix where none of us know what’s real,” she warned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024

No telling whether the voices were fox spirits, imitating the voices of loved ones, out to entrap her.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord