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adjective

  • Fully informed about recent events or developments; up-to-date.
  • Entangled or deeply involved in a situation, often to an unwanted degree.

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“It needs a ruffle,” she says, caught up in the process, before adding a frilly collar and glittering vintage brooch.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for urgent action to remedy the plight of thousands of seafarers caught up in the Middle East war, his spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

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  • in deep
  • in the loop

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  • keeping one's distance
  • out of the loop

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