birdlime

Definition of birdlimenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
Verb
  • The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities announced Monday morning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • However, the party piece is that the air trapped under the wing creates a high-pressure cushion effect with a lift-to-drag ratio beyond that of a conventional aircraft.
    David Szondy April 13, New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Towns finished with 13 points on five-of-eight shooting from the field and snared just three rebounds.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Video from inside Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, Minnesota, shows a violent attack captured on camera.
    Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Harris led March’s first round with 37% to Fuller’s 35%, but Republicans combined captured nearly 60% of votes in the heavily GOP district.
    Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The top plate also includes a configurable Fn (Function) key and a shutter release button that's collared by the on/off toggle.
    Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • So much of the experience here will be fresh for Besler, who particularly looks forward to the FIFA Fan Festival at the National World War I Museum and Memorial and seeing cultures mesh across the area, even as the teams themselves likely mostly will be in their own bubbles.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Like many other trees on this list, bur oak's deep, wide-spreading roots won't mesh well with small yards.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Heiskanen appeared to get sandwiched in between Hartman and the boards before going down in a heap and possibly getting his knee tangled up underneath him.
    R.J. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Meatloaf, who weighs more than 200 lbs, was rescued earlier this year after being found tangled in fishing line and rope in the San Gabriel River, aquarium staff said.
    Cierra Morgan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The high-profile dispute has, over the past year and a half, ensnared several other celebrities in Lively and Baldoni's orbit as the discovery process in their case exposed the stars' private communications.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • His resignation came just one day after the Times-Picayune identified him as being implicated in the bribery scheme that had already ensnared Dusty Guidry, a former state wildlife commissioner.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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