trap
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The album sees Ateez experiment with genres, such as heavy trap, while incorporating familiar elements that have made them so popular over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Sweeney said Huang had built one of the few companies to reach massive scale while continuing to innovate, while others "fell into the trap" of choosing profits over innovation.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
In a way, Western democracies have found themselves caught in a historic trap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
While Adams ultimately turned his financial situation around, his experience illustrates an often invisible trap that awaits many service members when they step out of uniform.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
He had set a trap for her, and she had been fool enough to fall for it.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
This can influence both its speed of ascent and the way trapped volcanic gases escape.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
"Palestinian journalists could not do that. They were trapped alongside the civilian population of Gaza, with no way out; as the days passed, they themselves became victims of the war."
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Rescue workers spent the night searching the site of the collapse to find and save anyone who may still be trapped, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Officials said they would continue to search the wreckage until they were entirely certain there was no one left trapped, saying they still had big pieces of debris to remove.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
What if she was trapped there because she was injured?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Wolfson is preparing for all kinds of strategy scenarios, from full-court presses to teams relying on threes to trapping defenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
When they went back in their home, a tree fell through their roof, trapping them.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
A related neutral atom platform in the lab recently reached a major milestone by trapping 6,100 atoms in a single array.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Eager to catch his biggest fish yet and keep the show highly rated, Hansen made the fatal mistake of pursuing the predator, rather than trapping him.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
After all, my grandpa had taught me practically all there was to know about the trapping business.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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