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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.
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NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
No cutting-edge technology is without ethical trip wires.
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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.
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Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trip wire
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
See All Example Sentences for trip wire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wire
Noun
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One image showing land mines was widely republished by Thai media outlets and bolstered Thailand's claims that Cambodia had laid new mines along the border that wounded patrolling Thai soldiers.
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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.
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Police say the violence on Sydney’s streets is being orchestrated from abroad – and teenagers are being lured into the complex web of gang warfare with the promise of fast cash.
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Meanwhile, security vendors are moving post-quantum protection from theory into live enterprise security platforms by embedding quantum-safe encryption into secure access service edge (SASE), zero trust, secure web gateways and wide area network (WAN) connectivity.
Noun
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Further down the street, a troupe of drummers held court with a mix of snares and bass.
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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.
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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.
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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