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to catch or hold as if in a net
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Recent Examples of ensnared
Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
His former second-in-command, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted last week, and several other members of the administration, nearly all of whom have since left the administration, have also been ensnared in investigations.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
But the two young missionaries are then forced to prove their faith by becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse with Reed.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Li was the first among about a dozen soccer officials ensnared in the crackdown.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Over the weekend, fellow rap icon Jay-Z was ensnared in the case when one of the complaints against Combs was amended to reveal the Roc Nation founder as a previously unnamed celebrity accused of assaulting a victim alongside Diddy.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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
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The move by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to forgo a formal recommendation paves the way for President Biden to terminate a $14 billion transaction that became ensnared in election-year politics.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
His former second-in-command, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted last week, and several other members of the administration, nearly all of whom have since left the administration, have also been ensnared in investigations.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
But the two young missionaries are then forced to prove their faith by becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse with Reed.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Li was the first among about a dozen soccer officials ensnared in the crackdown.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Over the weekend, fellow rap icon Jay-Z was ensnared in the case when one of the complaints against Combs was amended to reveal the Roc Nation founder as a previously unnamed celebrity accused of assaulting a victim alongside Diddy.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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
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