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noun

plural of mousetrap

as in snares

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mousetrap

as in traps

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Noun

Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Poaching once devastated the park, but in the past decade, 40,000 wire snares have been removed, and black rhinos, cheetahs, lions and wild dogs have been reintroduced.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026

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Verb

Dropping the voltage just below copper’s reaction threshold transforms the electrode into a metal magnet that selectively traps copper on its surface while letting background salts flow through.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
New data reveals work stress traps individuals in a negative feedback loop, severely impacting sleep and overall performance.

— Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of traps

Noun

In recent years and as online culture changed, Hilton toned down his public attacks and appeared to embrace fatherhood and adopt a kinder public persona, even integrating more family-friendly content on his site.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Russia set new wartime records for both the scale and pace of its missile attacks on Ukraine in July, according to data released by the Ukrainian Air Force.

— Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Violating the alternate-side rules — which vary by neighborhood and can see the streets swept anywhere from one to three times a week — already nets New Yorkers a $65 fine.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Samsung is currently offering up to $1,200 instant trade-in credit for your used phone, but only the Galaxy S26 Ultra nets that much.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Blended genome exome sequencing captures the same broad range of information as deep whole-genome sequencing, including rare protein-changing mutations, common variants and structural rearrangements.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
And headline inflation captures lived experience in a way core measures do not, roughly speaking.

— Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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