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Definition of mousetrapsnext
plural of mousetrap

mousetraps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mousetrap
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Noun
  • Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Conservationists-in-the-making can join hands-on efforts like removing poacher snares, clearing invasive plants, or collecting data on endangered species.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Class and society constrain all, and Age of Innocence traps its characters in their gauzy and ornate world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Developed by a team of scientists from the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), the new filter reportedly traps the fibers shed during everyday laundry.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both Hezbollah and Israel have have defended their attacks and claimed that the other has violated the ceasefire.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
  • While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.
    Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Korea Times noted that under the Capital Market Act, any person who nets KRW5 billion or more by making false representations about a financial product faces a prison term of at minimum five years, with a life sentence possible at the upper end.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After the premium increase is factored in, the average retiree nets roughly $38 more per month.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Road cruising has resulted in more captures, but many of those snakes are hatchlings.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • That image of her morning perfectly captures where Fisher is right now.
    Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Mousetraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetraps. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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