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birdliming

verb

present participle of birdlime
as in capturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdliming
  1. capturing
  2. trapping
  3. collaring
  4. entrapping
  5. catching up
  6. meshing
Verb
  • She was known for her work chronicling the early punk rock scene, capturing artists like Iggy Pop, the Ramones, Debbie Harry and Blondie, Richard Hell, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Brands can therefore overinvest in capturing demand that already exists while underfunding media that replenishes it.
    — Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of capturing
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  • Poisoning or trapping only releases the fungus from carcasses.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • There is a feeling that constantly returning to the battles of the past risks trapping everybody in events that happened decades ago, when the priority should be preventing those old divisions from causing fresh damage in the present.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • At least one wolf died during a collaring operation, according to previous Bee reporting.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The collaring project aims to give insight into pup survival, and causes and rates of mortality.
    — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Definition of collaring
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  • Democrats called the hearing a politically motivated attempt at entrapping Fauci and praised the scientist for his work during the pandemic.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Another one of the Tates’ lawyers filed a claim on Fisher’s behalf, accusing Hadley of entrapping him.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of entrapping
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  • Open models offer another option, and their capabilities are catching up.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
  • As Sean will lay out below, there is a fundamental story here that is catching up to what the chart has been saying for months.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of catching up
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  • Season 1 was well received, capturing the spirit of Keyes’ book series about the chaotic, dysfunctional, but lovable Dublin family, and meshing comedic moments with serious drama.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The hope is to spend the next few weeks of the offseason camp meshing those skills and personalities.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Definition of meshing
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“Birdliming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdliming. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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