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a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late
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David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, the group’s top leadership are likely to have had their communications compromised by the heavy bombardment, according to experts, with units operating more autonomously in their severely degraded form, and employing guerrilla tactics, such as laying booby traps and staging ambushes.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Just days before the attack, a popular sergeant had been blown apart by a booby trap that took another soldier’s arms and legs and blinded a third.
—Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
The company sustained heavy losses in the early months of 1968, losing men to sniper fire, land mines and booby traps as the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched coordinated attacks in the Tet Offensive.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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They are used to locate booby traps and to locate Russian forces, but do not actually have sniffing sensors.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, the group’s top leadership are likely to have had their communications compromised by the heavy bombardment, according to experts, with units operating more autonomously in their severely degraded form, and employing guerrilla tactics, such as laying booby traps and staging ambushes.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Just days before the attack, a popular sergeant had been blown apart by a booby trap that took another soldier’s arms and legs and blinded a third.
—Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
The company sustained heavy losses in the early months of 1968, losing men to sniper fire, land mines and booby traps as the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched coordinated attacks in the Tet Offensive.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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