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The policy was well-intended: A foreigner who invents a better mousetrap should be encouraged to stay.
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Asked to name one area where he's learned to build a better figurative mousetrap, Cooter pointed to nuances within his playbook like running a route at a 14-yard depth instead of 12 yards.
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Speaking over cocktails at Shanghai's panoramic VUE Bar, which overlooks the historic riverfront area where Viking Sun is docked, Hagen suggests Viking has built a better mousetrap.
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The better mousetrap is not built for a day, but to endure.
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Who knew the best mousetrap was invented over 400 years ago?
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The coder crowd has gotten better and better at making mousetraps that get, as if by magic overnight, faster and smarter.
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Among his many mousetrap designs is one involved a bowl and a tool called a fillboll.
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One of its workers came to the house late last year, bearing mousetraps and mattress and pillow covers to control mites and other triggers.
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First Known Use of mousetrap
15th century
First Known Use of mousetrap
circa 1864
MOUSETRAP Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of mousetrap for English Language Learners
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: a small trap for catching mice
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