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- verb Present participle of
ensnare .
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Examples
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Though he is unsuccessful in ensnaring Satan, the many pain-inflicting tools of this New Hell begin to work, seemingly of their own accord.
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Though he is unsuccessful in ensnaring Satan, the many pain-inflicting tools of this New Hell begin to work, seemingly of their own accord.
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This hole is the local thunder factory, and the blacks were wont to hang fish hooks across it from pieces of lawyer cane, with the idea of ensnaring the young thunder before it had the chance of becoming big and formidable.
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This hole is the local thunder factory, and the blacks were wont to hang fish hooks across it from pieces of lawyer cane, with the idea of ensnaring the young thunder before it had the chance of becoming big and formidable.
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Meanwhile, Mad Men achieved yet another dramatic high this week as Don freaks out and melts down when feds do a routine check on Don's made-up past (seeking a security clearance for the agency's work with an aeronautics client), ensnaring a rattled Betty to lie on his behalf.
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Albert Levin, a Miami defense lawyer who represented suspects in the case, said that the fear of terrorism was causing law enforcement to try to prevent attacks at all costs, "even at the expense of ensnaring possibly innocent people."
Trip Plan Sparked FBI's Terror Sting Evan Perez 2010
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The problem with blinds, according to safety advocates, is that the cords can be a temptation to young children, ensnaring or strangling them if they become entangled.
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There have been many cases of prosecution of individuals who have crossed the bright line, but ensnaring big fish is often harder, so prosecutors become more creative.
Zachary Karabell: The Insider Trading Scandal: Is It the Crime or the Prosecution? Zachary Karabell 2011
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Church members had lodged more than 2,000 lawsuits against the Internal Revenue Service, ensnaring the agency in litigation.
What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011
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Purse seiners are boats that deploy large nets that draw closed like a purse, ensnaring tuna.
Environmentalists, tuna fishers battle in the Mediterranean 2011
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