as in to fasten (on)
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Inspired by the true story of the first women to study medicine in the UK, the film meshes gothic atmosphere and historical detail.—
Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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As Joseph tried to mesh some of his own system with a more Vic Fangio-style scheme run previously by Ejiro Evero in Denver — a style many of the returning players liked — the new coordinator found himself inside a burning defensive building.—
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On the morning of December 10, 2024, Armas was abducted from a cafeteria in eastern Caracas.—
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Anyway, back to abducting the president of Venezuela.—
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Every single person who's arrived has talked about violence, about dead bodies, about people being killed, about people being kidnapped, about people being kept hostage.—
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The fourth is a Thai citizen who was kidnapped during the attack.—
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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
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Getting young people to trust and depend on the traffickers is part of entrapping them.—
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“Spirit (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spirit%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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