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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Four starters averaged in double figures, and the other, Doyle, proved to be a human mousetrap against opponents’ best scorers.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
All of this was done in consultation with the people who understood the problems best, putting faith in the expertise of top bureaucrats to build a better mousetrap.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Four starters averaged in double figures, and the other, Doyle, proved to be a human mousetrap against opponents’ best scorers.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 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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We all have been bedeviled at times by bureaucratic snafus (and snares), and so improvement is necessary.—
John Baldoni,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The bus flipped over and caught fire; the children were trapped inside, and six died, along with one of their teachers.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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This atmospheric river had been hovering over the Southeast for days, trapped by a strong high pressure system, before inching its way north.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
Noun
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While her mother—who ran a tortilla business in Ensenada—planted vines back in 2007, Santiago studied enology in Australia and fell for biodynamic farming; at Mina Penélope, water canals capture and redirect water, and Santiago rebuilds and replenishes soil through composting and cover crops.—
Anya von Bremzen,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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White’s mother, Carla White, who had worked for the county probation department for nearly two decades, was sentenced last month to one year in jail for helping her son evade capture while law enforcement sought him for Medina’s killing.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
Verb
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Soon after the hearing, Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo gave a speech from the floor of the legislature, accusing her of seducing sources to entrap his father.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the book, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) chops off romance novelist Paul Sheldon's feet as part of her efforts to entrap him permanently in her home.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Over time, this dynamic can create a sense of entrapment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Landau starts thinking about how the ensemble will navigate a change into another scene at the encampment that has sprung up around Floyd’s entrapment.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Or, in states that have established fetal personhood, officials might pass ordinances that could ensnare pregnant people in human trafficking charges.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
8 May 2025
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Yelena’s final task from Allegra turns into a deadly setup that ensnares other anti-heroes with her — the very, very temporary Captain America, hot-headed agent John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The attack left about 1,200 people dead, and militants captured Alexander and some 250 others to hold hostage. 'Greatest gift': Family of NJ's Edan Alexander heads to Israel as Hamas agrees to release How many hostages remain in Gaza?—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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In late August, Schuyler belatedly learned that Washington was preparing a second prong of attack, which would depart from Massachusetts and make its way north through the wilds of Maine and Quebec under Arnold’s command.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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