trapped

Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, South Africa repatriated 17 citizens who said they had been trapped in Ukraine's Donbas region after being deceived into fighting for Russia.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Pasqal’s quantum systems use neutral atom technology, in which individual atoms are trapped and manipulated in a vacuum by laser beams.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Once they are trapped, though, the men will “drop the facade.”

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Federal Reserve is trapped between two forces moving in opposite directions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The scientists would be returning to their stations, and Coal would be trapped in there if he didn’t get out soon.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste