Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdliming
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These photos document the people, places, and events that defined Austin in January — capturing moments of protest, resilience, competition, and community during a month of extremes.—
Ricardo B. Brazziell,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has been capturing the past for nearly 50 years and chronicling some of the most significant events in American history, from the Civil War to the origins of baseball.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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Nurse had Philadelphia trapping throughout the floor, and that led to Sacramento missing shots and turning over the basketball.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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Such an effort would likely require collaring individuals, as researchers currently lack basic data on the species, including their breeding habits.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Dec. 2025
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Getting young people to trust and depend on the traffickers is part of entrapping them.—
Anne P. DePrince,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
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One of the most disturbing sequences on this show is Gacy luring in and entrapping 15-year-old Robert Piest (Ryker Baloun), whose disappearance is where the series starts.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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This distinction is important, and the market is still in the process of catching up.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the compensation models are still catching up.—
John Acunto,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now he’ll be tasked with building on that while meshing with two new safeties in Moore and Little.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Uncertain Spacetime Einstein’s general theory of relativity, with its mind-bending revelations about the subjectivity of space and time, has long had issues meshing with quantum mechanics.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Birdliming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdliming. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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