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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
But if their previous pictures felt like ornate, twisted little mousetraps, The Devil’s Bath feels less precise, more cosmic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
Trump should bring down the guillotine on crony capitalism in favor of the Thomas Edisons who build a better mousetrap in a free enterprise landscape.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
But if their previous pictures felt like ornate, twisted little mousetraps, The Devil’s Bath feels less precise, more cosmic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetrap
Noun
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The snare sound, for example, was the thin, ticky-ticky style originally popularized in hip-hop recordings, instead of Nir Z’s thicker snare pops.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2025
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Four tenors, four snares and two bass have been ordered through Axel Johnson.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The fourth person was reportedly trapped in one of the vehicles and had to be cut out.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The agency runs a Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program to trap and often kill gators that threaten people or pets.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His roles also involve advising on business case development, value capture, new financing, refinancing and restructuring of funding positions in corporate and infrastructure projects.—
Michael Flynn,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Another striking capture: stylist Julia-Sarr Jamois who wore a tan trench coat with a grey mock neck sweater.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gabi and Robinson head to the diner to entrap Maggie with yet another plate of cheese fries.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the initial announcement about the plan to vacate the convictions of felons entrapped by crack-selling stings in Broward County, the convicts were told not to contact the State Attorney's Office or the Broward Sheriff's Office.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, the woman’s entrapment was so complex, firefighters were forced to get creative, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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The allied strategy amounts to financial and security entrapment, decoupling Russia from the world economy and military suppliers.—
Carla Norrlof,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Mar. 2022
Verb
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The family of shows ensnared plenty of big names throughout their air, including Gary Busey, Omarosa, LaToya Jackson and Lisa Rinna.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Microsoft’s center of gravity in corporate software ultimately ensnared Skype, which found itself in the Office division and under orders to build tools geared toward a workplace audience as well as a consumer one.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Hamas started the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, attack that left 1,200 dead in Israel, mostly civilians, and took some 250 hostage.—
Samy Magdy and David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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But in light of ongoing attacks against PayPal accounts using emails sent from genuine PayPal addresses, how will this help protect you from hackers and scammers?—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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