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to catch or hold as if in a net
parked just out of view, the state trooper was lying in wait to ensnare unwary speeders
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Recent Examples of ensnared
Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who invited her to the meeting and was present, is accused in a federal indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi of participating in and facilitating a bribery scheme that ensnared the mayor and members of the City Council.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
The director's longtime collaborator Song Kang-ho stars as the proprietor of a small snack shop who — along with his eccentric family — becomes ensnared in an international cover-up when his daughter (Go Ah-sung) is snatched by a monstrous fish creature on the banks of the Han River in Seoul.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
The verdict and sentencing bring closure to one chapter of an abuse scandal that ensnared the northeastern Indiana university's distance running program.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024
The first film starred Sosie Bacon as a therapist ensnared in a sinister curse, which sees a mysterious entity inhabit its victims, torturing them into dying by suicide.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Biden's new relief plan has also been ensnared in litigation.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Kasper’s official clients were groups led by former Commonwealth Edison executives — one being John Hooker, a powerful ComEd lobbyist who also became ensnared in the Madigan corruption probe and who was convicted last year as part of the ComEd Four case.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
His scheme ensnared over 40 victims, some of whom are now suing to get their watches back.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Legal scholars and rap fans alike criticized the case from the start, which ensnared 28 defendants, many ascendant Atlanta rappers among them.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
Now, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who invited her to the meeting and was present, is accused in a federal indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi of participating in and facilitating a bribery scheme that ensnared the mayor and members of the City Council.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
The director's longtime collaborator Song Kang-ho stars as the proprietor of a small snack shop who — along with his eccentric family — becomes ensnared in an international cover-up when his daughter (Go Ah-sung) is snatched by a monstrous fish creature on the banks of the Han River in Seoul.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
The verdict and sentencing bring closure to one chapter of an abuse scandal that ensnared the northeastern Indiana university's distance running program.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024
The first film starred Sosie Bacon as a therapist ensnared in a sinister curse, which sees a mysterious entity inhabit its victims, torturing them into dying by suicide.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Biden's new relief plan has also been ensnared in litigation.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Kasper’s official clients were groups led by former Commonwealth Edison executives — one being John Hooker, a powerful ComEd lobbyist who also became ensnared in the Madigan corruption probe and who was convicted last year as part of the ComEd Four case.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
His scheme ensnared over 40 victims, some of whom are now suing to get their watches back.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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