as in trapdoor
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Noun
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Contingent barrier notes, meanwhile, act like a trapdoor.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Elsewhere around the creaking trapdoor, teams have taken big chances on new forwards.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 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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Medieval amenities include a moat, two watchtowers and two gates, a drawbridge, an underground cave (complete with a Jacuzzi!), trap doors, and a genuine portcullis (a metal-and-wood gate typically seen in medieval fortresses).—
Mary Elizabeth Andriotis,
House Beautiful,
20 Jan. 2022
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Even with leaders' interest in lattices or rock-climbing metaphors, the research field remains stuck in vertical models.—
Tonushree Mondal,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The white balconies, with their lattice designs, were meant to let in the sun and keep out the rain.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
9 May 2025
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With the match poised on a knife-edge, India’s captain Rohit Sharma sent Bumrah in to bowl his final two overs well ahead of schedule and the star bowler repaid his captain by stymieing the run rate and taking the wicket of Marco Jansen for good measure.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
29 June 2024
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The wicket that will be utilized at the Coliseum is currently in Nassau County, N.Y., where it was most recently used at the World Cup.—
Melissa Lockard,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Kelli is brash and benignly ostentatious with her cackling laugh and revolving door of unpredictable fashions (my jaw dropped at her look for Coyote Ugly), another indicator of a great parody Housewife.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Fans have been enjoying showcasing how the new trailers have unlocked new fears including those who removed their septum rings following the first trailer and those reacting to glass falling into ice, lawnmowers, trampolines, revolving doors and glass floors.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tall double doors open into an entry foyer, which flows to a spacious living room warmed by a wood-burning fireplace.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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The wide front porch gives the illusion that the open-plan living and kitchen area extends past the exterior walls, through the (optional) all-glass double doors to the great outdoors.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 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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The storm door is wide-open with a very active storm track forecast to impact Northern California.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Postern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postern. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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