birdlimed

Definition of birdlimednext
past tense of birdlime

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlimed
Verb
  • Helicopter footage captured by NBC4 showed police tape cordoning off a section of the residential street, where a large number of emergency responders were gathered.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
  • That task was best tackled by the great Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, whose tribute, published in the Jornal do Brasil, captured the nuances of the collective mood.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Fish and Wildlife will now assess the animal and, if healthy, it will be collared and released into the nearest suitable habitat within the Santa Monica Mountains, the Fish and Wildlife spokesperson said.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • The video, from a traffic stop of a white Volvo semi in a rural area on May 18, shows officers pulling the vehicle over before the driver descends from the cab and attempts to run away, crossing a set of train tracks before being quickly collared by law enforcement.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • But Ehlers has given Carolina a newfound level of offensive depth, especially given he’s meshed surprisingly well with Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook, two veteran checkers who have been mucking and grinding for years on a team that does that better than anyone.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • My trusty spreadsheet looked back to 1990 to see how annual swings in the 30-year mortgage rate, as tracked by Freddie Mac, meshed with home-price indexes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and job counts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Stevenson insists that the goal of the Legacy Museum is not to present Alabama as irredeemably racist or forever entrapped by its past.
    Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Birdlimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlimed. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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