Word: trapped
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...scattered to areas beyond the scope of the current offensive, waiting to stage a return. "We have not been defeated," Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq told reporters at a secret location on Wednesday, dismissing the army's claims. "We have voluntarily withdrawn into the mountains under a strategy that will trap the Pakistan army in the area...
Malik also emphasized that with many guards likely opting out of the plan this year, next year’s premiums will increase even more drastically. He worried the spikes would trap the guards in an “insurance death spiral” so that ultimately none of the guards would be able to afford the insurance plan...
...decision to roll back tax breaks for professional athletes. Though heartfelt, Yade's contrarian stand made for bad politics - something her peers have made painfully clear. Junior Minister for Family Affairs Nadine Morano told a newspaper that if Yade didn't "agree with government policies, [she] should shut [her] trap or resign." (See pictures of Paris expanding...
Read "The Bear Trap...
...freeze, not including new settlements in East Jerusalem, the desired capital of a future Palestinian state. This was a nonstarter for the Palestinians, but it had the holographic glow of a step forward. It was an "unprecedented" offer, Netanyahu trumpeted, with the joy of a chess master springing a trap.(See pictures from 60 years of Israel...