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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
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By 1999, the use, production and transport of antipersonnel land mines had been banned globally.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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In Finland, talks with the domestic defense industry and anti-personnel land mine training for military personnel will start early this year.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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But within the vast city and its surrounding subregions lies a diverse web of culture that draws people from all over the world, including many of La-La Land’s biggest stars.—
Architectural Digest,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026
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ChatGPT's early lead among individual users appears to be shortening as rivals like Google’s Gemini close in on its app and web market share—a shift that could complicate the company’s reported plans to IPO later this year.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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One photographer visited Uganda and captured the striking image of a mountain of snares, used to trap wildlife and confiscated by the nation’s rangers.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The team used non-invasive survey tools, including 285 hair snares and 135 remote cameras, to collect the information from a 150-square-mile area, the institute said.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 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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Their 2025-26 season has been littered with injury landmines and other booby traps hidden in the walls of Ball Arena.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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