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Recent Examples of trip wire
Sounds straightforward, but both know their affair is happening in a cultural minefield where the trip wires are economic, professional and generational.
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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
Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans are at odds over how to sequence President-elect Trump’s legislative ambitions next year to pocket speedy success with fewer trip wires.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
Billie Joe reached around the trip wires and spoke from his heart.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans are at odds over how to sequence President-elect Trump’s legislative ambitions next year to pocket speedy success with fewer trip wires.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
Billie Joe reached around the trip wires and spoke from his heart.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wire
Noun
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Drug prices are a political land mine, and companies are loath to raise prices given the anger among lawmakers and the public over medical costs.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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Russia has reportedly used more than a dozen types of antipersonnel land mines in Ukraine, according to Human Rights Watch.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2024
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This content uses JavaScript and WebGL features that are not supported or blocked by your web browser or device.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings from the highest level of the military, BODYGUARD OF LIES exposes the tangled web of deception fed to the American public by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
Noun
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From sticky asphalt graves to dinosaur-eating quicksand, these sites reveal how nature sometimes sets its own snares, and how life—on a mass scale—meets its end.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, Ben is very much alive, hobbling around the woods on his crutches and setting snares to catch food.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
14 Feb. 2025
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Last month gangs burned or confiscated at least a half-dozen armored carriers belonging to the police and the mission after setting booby traps and catching cops off guard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Police said the suspect, identified as Arthur Tabuchi, was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation and faces charges of assembling, placing and maintaining a booby trap.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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