trapping
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However, its petal-like solar panels had failed to open fully, trapping the antenna and preventing Beagle 2 from communicating.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
She estimates her organization has trapped, fixed and released 19,000 cats and the current rate of trapping is somewhere around 50 a week, 10 of which she traps herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The fact that a quartet of such caliber signed on to this dreck would be surprising if Netflix’s M.O. weren’t trapping great actors in middling movies.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
I clamped the mouth of the jar against the wall, trapping it between Charleston and Georgetown.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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