as in to trap
to place in conflict or difficulties
we were bogged down by the endless changes, and of course finished late
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Although Djena wasn’t literally trapped in the Toures’ home, she was trapped by her circumstances.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026 -
Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Google and Meta have larger media libraries, but those libraries are tangled in copyright, creator licensing, and regulatory review.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Acharya and his company, however, became tangled in a massive Bay Area real estate fraud case.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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The planet’s surface is broiling at about 460 degrees Celsius (860 degrees Fahrenheit), about double the temperature required to melt pure tin.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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Hard feelings broiled under the surface.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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Though details were not divulged until a public scandal resulted in a ban for Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, Winfield was embroiled in some significant tensions with the team.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Matti Friedman, a former Associated Press reporter in the Middle East, has observed that in the conflicts embroiling Israel and diaspora Jewry, many major Western media institutions have recast themselves as participants instead of observers.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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“Bog (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog%20%28down%29. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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