trapped
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Rescuers began pumping air into a tunnel over the weekend, but the families of those trapped say that should have been done earlier.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
No contact has yet been made with any of those feared trapped, but the government says more than 100 workers may still be alive inside multiple tunnels.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
More than 4,700 people are missing, many of them hydropower project workers trapped by dozens of feet of mud in lengthy mountain tunnels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Wiener said both bills are important for helping individuals and communities “to not be trapped in the monopoly utility model that is so expensive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Uprooted trees, a telephone pole, and the shingled roof of a small shed floated in the water behind the downed section of the bridge, trapped against the steel girder that now angled into the river.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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