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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
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After cooling atomic clocks that trap single ions such as aluminum and ytterbium to absolute zero, the researchers manipulated their quantum states with laser pulses.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Crews arrived on the scene and found the home fully engulfed in flames, with the mother and her six children trapped.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The pair went into the tank hoping to snare O’Leary, mainly because of his online presence.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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The show snared nearly $80 million in advertising revenue in 2024, according to Guideline, a tracker of ad spending.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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For example, infrastructure funds — whose returns from mature technology deployment are slow but steady, and whose appeal has only grown in response to rising power demand from the AI boom — captured 77% of new capital raised.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Last June, Curiosity captured the first close-up images of a part of Mars scientists say provide evidence of how water once flowed on the red planet.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grunion may be taken by hand only — no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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Dixon said some have been eaten by snakes within two weeks of being collared, but most go on about their business for several months.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mafi is the third Angeleno from the city’s vast Iranian diaspora to be collared by federal authorities in three weeks.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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The two elements meshed during the filming of the series finale of Fox’s rollicking family comedy in 2006.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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That impact and his trajectory launched his dragster up into the air, erupting in a fireball, breaking into pieces and getting badly tangled in the catch fencing.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Their little brother Dante is an irresponsible party boy, tangled up with a ruthless local gang.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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At least 75 vehicles were ensnared in a massive, chain-reaction pileup on a Colorado highway Tuesday, authorities said.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The legal team’s withdrawal from the case marks the latest update in the tangled knot of litigation that has ensnared the city and Carollo for years, stemming from the same general allegations levied by Little Havana businessmen Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla.—
Tess Riski
April 14,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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