Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
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The last is dumping iron dust into the Southern Ocean to provoke phytoplankton blooms that would suck heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a move that set off a backlash when an American entrepreneur tried it off Canada in 2012.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Flip that switch, and suddenly every market becomes accessible, and good ideas trapped behind a language wall get unleashed.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The 36-year-old safety was selected 29th overall in the 2012 draft and is the NFL's active leader in interceptions with 37 snared in his career.—
Trevor Squire,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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James Trafford, a former City academy kid signed from Burnley in the summer, found himself in that scenario as Tottenham pushed five players forward in a narrow and high press that snared the home side’s Nico Gonzalez.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Yang noted that this data is nearly impossible to capture with human athletes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Its reversible design offers you the unique opportunity to decorate with the seasons—the lighter side for spring and summer and the darker to capture the moodiness of fall and winter.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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Hatt was ejected from the truck, and Winkler was entrapped.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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That total lack of self-awareness and disregard for consequences fed right into Epstein’s warped way of entrapping others.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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And because fall is all about staying cozy-slash-comfy while being on your feet all day, the Bae delivers support via its ultra-contoured outsole, accommodating toe box, and collar that, though made of the rubber-adjacent Croslite proprietary material, never rubs at your feet or causes blisters.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dubois was uninjured and collared by police.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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So, really pulling those things together to create something that would just mesh really well with my perfume.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the start of training camp only a few weeks away, Houston has begun the process of meshing one of the greatest scorers in league history with a talented, young roster that won 52 games last season in a treacherous Western Conference.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a veteran tangled haplessly up in good intentions and a life of petty crime.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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He got tangled up in a rundown with two other future Hall of Famers, George Kell and Luis Aparicio.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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For example, the Osoed interceptor uses a net-launching mechanism to ensnare adversary UAVs at speeds up to 140 kilometers per hour.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, the two, along with 26 other men, were ensnared in the YSL RICO case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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