trapdoor

Example Sentences

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The loop has presented Clark with a trapdoor disguised as an exit.

From Salon • May 30, 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

Sunderland, like Newcastle before them, eventually slipped through the relegation trapdoor in 2017, and spent eight years outside the top flight.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

"There are now four known species of trapdoor spiders in California that live exclusively in coastal dune habitats," said corresponding author Emma Jochim, a doctoral student in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Very slowly, he pushed the trapdoor open and peered over the edge.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling