traps

Example Sentences

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Walking over to the hardware part of the store, Grandpa picked up six small steel traps and a piece of baling wire.

From Literature

It was time to face all my tangles and traps.

From Literature

Tourist traps such as the Duomo Cathedral were packed with foreigners, as was the Arco della Pace, where the Olympic flame burned.

From Los Angeles Times

Apps often employ algorithms that personalize what users see based on their viewing activity, a feature critics say traps young people in damaging online environments.

From The Wall Street Journal

There have been persistent criticisms, however, that the funding is difficult to access or offered as market-rate loans that risk creating debt traps.

From Barron's