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trapped

[trapt] / træpt /
ADJECTIVE
caught in a trap
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His parents remained trapped in Munich; he never saw them again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Food can preserve tradition without becoming trapped by it.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

To build the simulation, the researchers encoded a string breaking model into a chain of 13 trapped ions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Pulled alive 10 days after catastrophic floods trapped him in a tunnel, Nepali hydropower worker Kabir Maharjan is determined to help rebuild his country despite his own harrowing ordeal.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

I was trapped for life and never would get off the place.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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