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Recent Examples of trip wireThis 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 But Trump was hesitant to navigate the fight so early in his presidency, viewing the debt ceiling as a political trip wire.—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for trip wire
There are different ways to demine territory, from using dogs to sniff out land mines to sappers—combat engineers focusing on clearing mines—manually working their way through an area, or operators remotely controlling large demining machines.
First Brands had a web of complex debt agreements with a slew of lenders and investment funds globally.
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Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
The film picks up after No Way Home ended on a massive reset for the titular web-slinging Peter Parker (Holland), as he was erased from everyone's minds, including that of his friends and loved ones.
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Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct. 2025
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