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rattrap

noun

ˈra(t)-ˌtrap

Definition of rattrap

as in predicament

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape although the military invasion had been a breeze, the nation soon found itself caught in a rattrap with no clear escape route

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Noun

Masterson filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010, blaming his financial predicament on a former employee’s errors.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
And over a thousand people were in that predicament when her wedding to Travis Kelce rolled around.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 July 2026

Definition of predicament

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The wine’s dark fruit reaches the beef, while its savory edge accommodates the turmeric pickles on the plate.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix offered downtown visitors a surprise escape from pickle overload during this year’s Picklesburgh festival, turning Market Square into a living museum of automotive history.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of pickle

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The Louisiana State University alum came into the round ahead by two strokes but quickly lost it and went birdie-free for the final 12 holes.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Below it, there’s a wide concave base with a drainage hole that’s ideal for faux flowers, real flowers, or decorative rocks.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026

Definition of hole

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States cannot file for bankruptcy, leaving the Prairie State in an unusually tight bind.

— Gregory Kearney, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Perhaps the most significant bind Albania’s government finds itself in over the project is the country’s relationship with the European Union.

— Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

Definition of bind

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Yet somehow, two decades later, the viciously antisemitic Vichy regime planted itself in power; a shocking betrayal by France of some of its most loyal and generous supporters, in a dehumanizing toxic swamp of suspicion, judgment, envy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of swamp

Noun

That convergence is drawing together businesses that once occupied separate corners of the market, from consumer staples companies selling food to biotech firms developing medicines and veterinary providers offering increasingly sophisticated care.

— Elsa Ohlen,Carolin Roth, CNBC, 18 July 2026
Tickets in the corners of the upper deck were listed for nearly $10,000.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

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