trapped

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On Tuesday, HormuzTracker, which provides a Strait of Hormuz shipping-disruption dashboard, showed that there are around 2,500 vessels still trapped inside the Persian Gulf, with 400 waiting outside of the strait.

From MarketWatch

The bus was transporting Metro maintenance workers back to their bus division when it became trapped, according to a Metro spokesperson.

From Los Angeles Times

Night-time footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescuers removing fallen masonry to try to reach Berivan's trapped mother as she begs to know: "Is my daughter alive?"

From BBC

The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned Monday.

From Barron's

Some of the extra energy trapped by these gases warms the atmosphere and the land, as well as melting the planet's ice.

From BBC