traps
Example Sentences
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For the next 38 rounds, the league will be littered with booby traps, slippery slopes, and brutal dismissals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Raman effortlessly turned the mayor’s rhetorical traps around like Bugs Bunny twisting Elmer Fudd’s rifle right in his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
This architecture also supports molecular diffusion and traps incoming photons, helping the light-driven reactions proceed more effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The traps are laid in the afternoon and picked up the following morning, allowing them to collect mosquitoes at dusk and dawn, when the insects are most active.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fish traps bobbed near the water’s edge, and children splashed in the shallows, squealing and giggling.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
