traps

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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

The team set up to 150 traps, according to a local healthcare source.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Near Earth's surface, CO2 traps heat that would otherwise escape into space, contributing to global warming.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

“Just set your traps in the dirt at the foot of the tree, and hang an apple above each one. I think that’ll do the job.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls