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Recent Examples of booby-trapped
So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess?
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booby-trapped
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Over two decades into the twenty‑first century, the Central African Copperbelt is still globally important—a little more than a tenth of copper mined worldwide in 2020 came from Zambia and Congo alone, and 70 percent of the world’s cobalt came from Katanga.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Figures vary, but it is estimated that over 60% of rare earth elements or minerals are currently mined in China.—
Steven Lamy,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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One study in 2020 surveyed 261 herders in Mongolia, another common habitat for snow leopards; while many reported having seen snow leopards, or had their livestock attacked by snow leopards, none reported any attacks on humans.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The upstream piranhas attacked her, and her blood flowing downstream attracted the rest of the piranhas, leaving the creek clear for the herd to cross.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Booby-trapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booby-trapped. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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