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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Has Jeremy Greene’s Ecco built a better mousetrap for finding streaming TV and movies?
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 June 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
In building a better mousetrap at Marvel, Feige says the studio has scaled down their production costs greatly.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Has Jeremy Greene’s Ecco built a better mousetrap for finding streaming TV and movies?
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 June 2025
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetrap
Noun
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The beats are stiffly period-appropriate, repurposing Shawty Redd snare rolls, bouncy Zaytoven keys, and snap music low end without flourish.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
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And their childhood friend Wesley Backer is on traps, banging on a 55-gallon rain barrel for a bass drum, buckets for the snare and toms, and sheet metal for cymbals.—
Jessica Meszaros,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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During the winter months, the natural offshore winds blow emissions out to sea rather than trapping them over our cities, making the expensive California blend an unnecessary burden on drivers.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Scientists have found a way to make a new class of gas-trapping glass easier to manufacture by borrowing a centuries-old principle from traditional glassmaking.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The film, though, does stand as an interesting experiment — a movie that began its life as a motion-capture project, and ended up turning to animation.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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The capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro upended Venezuela earlier this year, but speakers said Venezuelans still would face danger and political repression there.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Verb
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grunion may be taken by hand only — no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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It was also noted that a child's torso can fit through the openings on the sides of the towers which could potentially result in serious injury, death or entrapment.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Products that tilt, shift or fail to stay flush with an adult mattress can increase the risk of falls, entrapment or suffocation, according to the CPSC’s safe‑sleep guidance.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Whatever his role, he too was now ensnared in Israel’s kill chain — the culmination of an intelligence-gathering process that began years ago.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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The high-profile dispute ensnared other celebrities in Lively and Baldoni's orbit as the legal discovery process in their case exposed the stars' private communications.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
Noun
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In recent years, a litany of violent, seemingly unprovoked attacks across Metro led to the deaths or severe injury of several passengers—a confirmation of Angelenos’ worst fears about the system.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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According to the Qataris, two Iranian ballistic missiles and three drone attacks led to the injury of three people in the Gulf nation.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Fritchey was initially arrested for first-degree assault.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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In March, Jackson was found guilty of first-degree murder, assault of a pregnant individual intentionally causing miscarriage/stillbirth, and felony firearm.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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