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Others, such as spider toxins, act more like a doorstop to keep them open. — Quanta Magazine, "Scientists Reveal Structure of Pain Sensor," 20 Feb. 2014 And in the cafe’s bookshelves, nobody had bought a copy of the report, a hefty doorstop being offered up for $15. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Reading between the redactions — the Mueller report, live in San Francisco," 6 June 2019 In my very humble opinion, doorstops are an absolute pain. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Fantom's Magnetic Doorstop Is the Coolest Way to Prop Open Your Door," 1 Mar. 2019 The novel piles on loads of scary details about what the world would be like if your computer became nothing but a doorstop. — New York Times, "10 New Books We Recommend This Week," 14 June 2018 The doorstop is effective even when the chain or other external locks give way. — Caroline Morse Teel, USA TODAY, "10 travel safety tips you can learn from the CIA," 8 Mar. 2018 The jaw-dropping photography is reason enough to buy this 400-page doorstop, but its 250-plus recipes more than follow through. — Margaux Laskey, The Seattle Times, "Wrap up one of these sweet cookbooks for the home bakers in your life," 11 Dec. 2018 This doorstop of a biography foregrounds Obama’s love life in his early years, traces his journey-to-blackness narrative and seeks to challenge the near-monopoly the 44th president has on stories about his own life. — Joumana Khatib, New York Times, "New in Paperback: ‘Rising Star,’ ‘Mrs. Fletcher’," 8 June 2018 Truffle Truffles, depending on their quality, can be intoxicatingly fragrant tubers or lumpy little doorstops. — Dominic Armato, azcentral, "Dishonest menus: Diners, beware of 7 restaurant lies you may be swallowing right now," 13 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'doorstop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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