traps

Example Sentences

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Player Tommy Yu, 23, said he sometimes spends hundreds of dollars a day on it despite saying some machines have "traps" built-in.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

To estimate the bee population and study emergence patterns, researchers used a new monitoring method involving emergence traps.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The purpose is to avoid procedural traps that can prevent legitimate criticism from being published and to recover what peer review was supposed to be: serious, good-faith analysis by experts seeking clarity and truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

She said all open water beauty spots could be "death traps" and no one should risk their lives.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

When I was finished I had a complete circle of traps around the trunk of the bur oak tree.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls