honeypot

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Recent Examples of honeypot Wide-mouth honeypots are perfect for dipping digits into each of the six colors. Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025 But that’s on the honeypot routes, such as the exceptionally popular North Coast 500, the 21-year-old circular scenic road route beginning and ending at Inverness Castle. Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Any event of this magnitude is a honeypot to bad actors, who know there will be plenty of users out there itching to tap or point and click at a solution for their missing fixes. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The press release describes in more detail how the honeypot website worked. IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2012 See All Example Sentences for honeypot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honeypot
Noun
  • Advertisement Think smart regulation, not more regulation The dealmaking bonanza on Wall Street since Biden Administration officials left office offers a reasonable gauge of the damage inflicted when regulatory agencies are captured by ideology.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Maduro’s predecessor, the fiery Hugo Chávez, elected in 1998, expanded social services, including housing and education, thanks to the country’s oil bonanza, which generated revenues estimated at some $981 billion between 1999 and 2011 as crude prices soared.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Thomas McCarthy as the top runner-up, at least until his tumble off the MSP gravy train last year.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The question is, how long can this gravy train keep rolling?
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The targets included weapons caches, supply routes and other infrastructure used by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, Hawkins said in an email.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The first week in January, Bieber uploaded a cache of her vacation photos to Instagram, including one pic with a brand-new triple-XL Chanel executive tote from the 2026 Métiers d’Art collection, which made waves for its New York City subway show.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The days of underground stashes and whispered conversations are fading fast.
    Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There’s also an interior stash pocket for the removable, cinchable hood.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025

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“Honeypot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honeypot. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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