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Recent Examples of trip wire
Voters have ideas Lawmakers are back in the Capitol this week with big ambitions, a messy calendar and a thousand potential trip wires, especially among Republicans who call the shots.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
This incredibly versatile kit includes over 25 separate activities to make essential spy gear like trip wires, voice changers, and motion sensors.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Attached to the stake was a trip wire, and attached to the trip wire was, presumably, an OZM-72 antipersonnel mine.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Sounds straightforward, but both know their affair is happening in a cultural minefield where the trip wires are economic, professional and generational.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
This incredibly versatile kit includes over 25 separate activities to make essential spy gear like trip wires, voice changers, and motion sensors.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Attached to the stake was a trip wire, and attached to the trip wire was, presumably, an OZM-72 antipersonnel mine.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Sounds straightforward, but both know their affair is happening in a cultural minefield where the trip wires are economic, professional and generational.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wire
Noun
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Apopo says more than six million land mines may still be buried in the soil of Cambodia.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI’s paper conspicuously avoids specifying a corporate tax rate, a diplomatic omission that suggests the company knows where the political land mines are buried.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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And this complex web of emotions is what Claire and Jamie are grappling with when Bree, Roger, Marsali, and her children arrive at Fraser’s Ridge to inform them that their son is dead.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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While the patriarch of the family holds no official title at Bolloré SE, behind the scenes his power remains undiminished thanks to a complex five-layer web of family holdings.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Magaletti ventures a tentative introduction of brushes on snares; following the muted peal of distant thunder, upsammy chimes in with a plangent synthesizer sequence reminiscent of Arovane and other IDM producers from around the turn of the millennium.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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And their childhood friend Wesley Backer is on traps, banging on a 55-gallon rain barrel for a bass drum, buckets for the snare and toms, and sheet metal for cymbals.—
Jessica Meszaros,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the days leading up to the attack, Ghazali allegedly rigged his truck with booby traps, fireworks, explosives, and large amounts of gasoline.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The movie’s biggest laughs come from Kevin’s hijinks, which involve setting up complex booby traps to fend off a pair of burglars targeting his family’s home.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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