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His stomach dropped as the trapdoor opened beneath him, plunging him into a void of air.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025 -
The gas would fill a box that was divided in two by a wall with a trapdoor.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Oct. 2025
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The entrance to the car park even passes under a portcullis and guests’ bags go through an X-ray machine hidden in the rock-face.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The prior owner went all out on building a Medieval-style castle, with a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis.—
Katherine Clarke,
WSJ,
3 Mar. 2022
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Creating barriers with plants, lattices, and fences can shield your unit from debris without interfering with its operation or putting it at risk of damage.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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To tackle this problem, the study authors focused on materials with a kagome lattice, a geometric arrangement of atoms resembling a pattern of interlocking triangles.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
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Before her five-wicket haul, Sharma (58) posted her third half-century of the tournament to help India reached the second highest total in a World Cup final after Australia’s 356-5 against England in 2022.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the series opener, New Zealand’s spinners dominated conditions, with Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner combining for five wickets to seal the victory.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Oct. 2025
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Plus, there was a revolving door at left tackle.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Reading scored three straight times in response to an early deficit, while the defense produced a revolving door of signature defensive plays to stave off a fiery Clippers (15-4-1) rally in the fourth quarter.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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To the left of the double doors that open into the football expanse is a list of the more than two dozen donors who helped fund a project, completed in 2019, that Kelly demanded be built.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sure enough, at seven exactly, a short, narrow-nosed girl with a shiny brown bob hustles in through the gym’s double doors.—
Nathan Blum,
New Yorker,
26 Oct. 2025
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According to Costa, a preliminary investigation found that the victim was delivering mail to the residence when a 5-year-old pit bull forced the storm door open and attacked him.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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Ralph rang the bell and when the door opened, Lester, who is white, fired a handgun at him through the glass of the storm door, per a probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Postern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postern. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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