trapdoor
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The loop has presented Clark with a trapdoor disguised as an exit.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Since the peerless cup double in 2021, the Saintees have spent their recent campaigns circling around the dreaded play-off and relegation drain, before falling through the trapdoor.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
The park, which closed in late December, contains games and rides that reference past MrBeast videos, such as a trapdoor tower and catapults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
Above her was only the little trapdoor leading out onto the turret; she stood on the little narrow platform at the top and pressed against the trapdoor, but it would not move.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
"Are we now asking inspectors to pry up the floorboards and look for trapdoors?" he asked.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
There is action as well, involving intricate stagecraft like revolving platforms and trapdoors.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
This adaptation of "Station Eleven" contains so many trapdoors and routes by which it could have gone astray.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2021
He uses a gaggle of job search sites and fills out a couple of applications a day, usually online, which can feel like a journey through virtual trapdoors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Someone was pushing open the cellar trapdoors from inside.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
