traps

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Bird felt it was critical that her children learn what she hadn’t known about money and avoid the same traps she had fallen into.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

To avoid yield traps we also looked for names whose quarterly dividend payments ate up no more than 75% of their earnings.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

A version with 486 ports could hold up to ten billion charges at once, which is about a thousand times more than conventional ion traps.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Market hunters used shotguns, nets and traps to fill traincars with passenger pigeons—as well as robins, woodpeckers, blackbirds and orioles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Through the woods I walked, shining the light on the ground so I could avoid any traps that might be hidden.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce