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trappings

[trap-ingz] / ˈtræp ɪŋz /


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Behind her trad-wife trappings, Barbara yearns to breathe free; Ibby, a blond beauty born to be disappointed, needs a friend and Barbara is it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Yet Sondheimer has endured all of this without fanfare, without a regular TV appearance, without a radio gig, without a regular podcast, without any of the trappings of today’s media stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Thrust into the political wilderness the party's national leaders were bewildered - familiar with the trappings of federal power they had to work out what to do in opposition.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

But when Tony leaves for the day and is left to his own devices in Provincetown, the movie falls hard into all of the trite trappings of your average biopic.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

In his last two years at Duke, for all his early infatuation with the social life and trappings of wealth, Farmer quit his fraternity and began concentrating on his studies.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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