trap

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Experts say cities like Delhi are especially vulnerable because of the "urban heat island effect", where concrete, traffic and limited green cover trap heat and keep cities hotter than surrounding areas.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

A stock with a high dividend yield might be considered a value trap because investors expect the dividend to be cut.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Impacciatore: On set, if someone gives me a feedback about something that he liked, I don’t want to hear that because it feels like a trap.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Based on their results, the researchers suspect that additional meteorite types besides carbonaceous chondrites may also have formed in the same dust trap during even earlier stages of Solar System history.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Owen cried, and he scrambled up inside the trap behind George.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz