BIRDLIMING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

birdliming

verb

present participle of birdlime

as in capturing

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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has been capturing some of the Red Planet's most surreal landscapes, and its latest images reveal a sprawling field that looks like molten metal frozen across the floor of an ancient Mars crater.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
The companies that did were far more likely to report capturing real value from their AI investments, roughly 76% of them, against about half of the companies where that accountability sat with the CIO or CTO.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of capturing

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Prohibitive housing costs aren’t just trapping younger adults in parental homes.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Summer campers rescued Friday’s drenching rains washed away roads around Camp Taum Sauk, trapping children and staffers at the site in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according to Sgt.

— Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of trapping

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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
This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them).

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of entrapping

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Here’s the news worth catching up on for Thursday, July 16, 2026.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026
With this premise, Brandl brews a heady, destabilizing concoction of uncanny horror and bone-dry humor to depict a man on the brink, whose demons—whether real or imagined—just might be catching up with him.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

Definition of catching up

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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
The team is developing a more competitive package, the big and small details are coming together, and the people are meshing.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 June 2026

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