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Recent Examples of trapdoor
Surprisingly, Martin is not the first artist to fall through a trapdoor in recent weeks.
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
The pain can also linger for a long time, as anyone from Wrexham unfortunate enough to be inside Shrewsbury’s then relatively new home in April 2008, as the Welsh club were nudged towards the EFL relegation trapdoor, will surely attest.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, a pair of hands can be seen reaching out from the trapdoor to brace Martin's fall and prevent any injuries.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
The pain can also linger for a long time, as anyone from Wrexham unfortunate enough to be inside Shrewsbury’s then relatively new home in April 2008, as the Welsh club were nudged towards the EFL relegation trapdoor, will surely attest.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, a pair of hands can be seen reaching out from the trapdoor to brace Martin's fall and prevent any injuries.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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The entrance is made up of large wooden double doors, which open onto the living room.—
Adam Williams
May 19,
New Atlas,
19 May 2025
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Sizes go up from here to accommodate those with large front doors or double doors.—
Moriah Mason,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 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
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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 venue will be reshaped to the field dimensions of cricket, which differ markedly to baseball, and specialized drop-in turf wickets will be installed.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Ellie pursues her, shooting away, and Nora’s only escape option is the elevator hatch.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
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Boasting a clean design that could have come from any number of European hatch specialists, the Yugo is yet to be given a specific model name, despite there being plans for three different models.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes.com,
12 May 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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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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