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Recent Examples of trip wire
It was set up with a pulley system and a trip wire that would fire the crossbow when a deer’s leg tripped it.
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David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Having some European forces on the ground as trip wires, building up economic integration.
—NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
No cutting-edge technology is without ethical trip wires.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
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David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
Having some European forces on the ground as trip wires, building up economic integration.
—NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
No cutting-edge technology is without ethical trip wires.
—Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wire
Noun
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The younger Modrić’s childhood home in the village of Jasenice was abandoned and remains so to this day, with signs warning visitors of land mines in the area.—
Sanat Pai Raikar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 June 2026
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The zombie commission was one of the final land mines Adams left behind for his successor.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Arte’s Franco-Iranian web series Happiness has won the audience award at Seriencamp, while the Cologne fest has reported record attendance.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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Walken brings his signature idiosyncratic charm to his portrayal of Frank, whose motivations make for a fascinating web of contradictions.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Noun
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All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Studio engineers often added percussion accents like shakers or tambourines, or handclaps layered on the snares, using a combination of texture and mathematical precision to keep heads and hips moving.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
7 June 2026
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The gauntlet of booby traps culminating in the giant boulder that kick off Raiders is my single favorite opening sequence in a movie ever.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.—
Urnesha Bhattacherjee,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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