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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In building a better mousetrap at Marvel, Feige says the studio has scaled down their production costs greatly.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 July 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
If YouTube delivered a huge ratings number, the broadcast networks that have leaned on their reach for relevance – Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC – would have to admit that YouTube, with its 2 billion monthly active users, is simply a better mousetrap to maximize audience.
—Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
In building a better mousetrap at Marvel, Feige says the studio has scaled down their production costs greatly.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 July 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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Tonya Lee Jaynes, the drummer, puts her entire life force into the bass and snare.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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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
Verb
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Shakespeare’s comedies especially understand the joy of watching people get trapped in schemes and plots well beyond their control.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Seven men in search of gold were trapped in the mazelike cave network in Xaisomboun province more than a week ago when heavy rain and flash flooding blocked the only entrance.—
Janis Mackey Frayer,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The first is relational capture rather than component-level snapshot.—
Pranay Ahlawat,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Yet Israel’s capture of the fort, observers say, is more a public relations victory than a military one.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Long voice recordings, detailed videos, and highly personal content can provide the material for scammers to use, not only to convince you, but also to entrap someone else.—
Miranda Marquit,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 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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Those charges followed a sprawling indictment of 34 defendants that also ensnared Hall of Fame player and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former Lakers assistant coach Damon Jones.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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In each new place, Charlie pretends to be Layla, hoping to ensnare an unsuspecting Stanley into his web of deceit.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Each one would need to stock more interceptors and operate with escort ships to fend off attacks.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The first-half diagnosis The strangest part of San Diego’s sophomore season is that the attack has not collapsed.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Between 2012 and 2015, Perry was also convicted of assault likely to cause great bodily injury, domestic violence, possession of ammunition as a felon and fleeing from police in Sacramento County, according to the criminal complaint.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Today, not only are these conditions under assault by a kleptocratic, nativist US federal government, but the clock seems also to be running out on their own internal contradictions.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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