trap

Example Sentences

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Plus, a private-lending value trap and suspicious betting in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

‘Don’t fall into the trap of clicking ‘apply’ to every job you come across’

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The team will work with local biologists to trap rats at the landfill site and test them for the virus.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

A spate of bear encounters, including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year, sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help hunt and trap them.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Together they crawled to the other end of the metal pipe, but there was no way for them to get at the crank that opened the trap door from the inside.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz