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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Apr. 2025
View gallery - 4 images The sea of tomorrow might be about as difficult to traverse stealthily as an elephant stomping through a room full of mousetraps thanks to Anduril's Seabed Sentry undersea sensor network that uses AI to autonomously track ocean traffic.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
Over the weekend, the G-Unit mogul reignited the controversy by posting a video clip of a rat carefully trying to steal a slice of cheese without triggering a mousetrap.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Apr. 2025
View gallery - 4 images The sea of tomorrow might be about as difficult to traverse stealthily as an elephant stomping through a room full of mousetraps thanks to Anduril's Seabed Sentry undersea sensor network that uses AI to autonomously track ocean traffic.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetrap
Noun
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And Gemma and her cohorts are forced to develop new technologically advanced gizmos in a hurry and repurpose items on the fly in order to do battle with enemies amid the snares and dangers of these elaborate settings.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Wolves are killed across the Northern Rockies using steel-jawed traps, neck snares, packs of dogs and even snowmobiles.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
Verb
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If you are trapped by moving water, move to the highest possible point and call 911 if possible.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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Lavigne had come home to help her sister and got trapped by the storm.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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These pilot programs involve the robot performing tasks like machine tending, part inspection and reality capture.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Hotel Congress: Step into history at this iconic hotel known for its retro charm, unbeatable brunch and ties to the capture of outlaw John Dillinger.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
Verb
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In February 2021, a Martian meteorite with the planet’s atmosphere entrapped in it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
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And some white citizens tried to help the victims: In 1870, Otis Gibson, a missionary, established a home to which entrapped young women could flee.—
Steve Inskeep,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that the products, sold exclusively online on Amazon.com, posed hazards such as suffocation, entrapment and tip-over injuries.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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The order also states Denver Fire’s conveyance team must be notified by the landlord within 24 hours of any elevator entrapment.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
6 July 2025
Verb
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For decades, the lure of cartel cash has ensnared prosecutors, generals, mayors, governors — and even the country’s onetime top law enforcement honcho, Genaro García Luna, against whom Veytia testified in federal court in Brooklyn.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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The fallout ensnared many prominent figures in the crypto world, including Scaramucci.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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But then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin repudiated the deal, saying a decision on the death penalty in an attack as grave as Sept. 11 should only be made by the defense secretary.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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The onslaught of attacks on transgender rights fueled Missouri lawmakers to enact a law in 2023 that banned gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries, for minors.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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