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Recent Examples of trapdoor
Contingent barrier notes, meanwhile, act like a trapdoor.
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Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere around the creaking trapdoor, teams have taken big chances on new forwards.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The problem is that if a deal goes bad, then the trapdoor does indeed fall out and the financial breaking of the back and subsequent strangulation does occur.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Despite knowing of the dangers, Mendez, a native of the Dominican Republic, and her conspirators stored fentanyl and press machines beneath trapdoors under play mats and cribs, according to court records.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere around the creaking trapdoor, teams have taken big chances on new forwards.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The problem is that if a deal goes bad, then the trapdoor does indeed fall out and the financial breaking of the back and subsequent strangulation does occur.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Despite knowing of the dangers, Mendez, a native of the Dominican Republic, and her conspirators stored fentanyl and press machines beneath trapdoors under play mats and cribs, according to court records.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
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The prior owner went all out on building a Medieval-style castle, with a moat, a drawbridge and a portcullis.—
Katherine Clarke,
WSJ,
3 Mar. 2022
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Medieval amenities include a moat, two watchtowers and two gates, a drawbridge, an underground cave (complete with a Jacuzzi!), trap doors, and a genuine portcullis (a metal-and-wood gate typically seen in medieval fortresses).—
Mary Elizabeth Andriotis,
House Beautiful,
20 Jan. 2022
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The setup at the 18th-century venue featured yachting décor with pink and green lattice, banquettes, and mahogany bars with light bites and cocktails.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Start with a repeating arrangement of points in space, called a lattice.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
7 July 2025
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The woman watches the late-shift employees trickle out through the double doors, past the window painted with sprawling tempera foliage.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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In addition to crown molding, the dining room has a chair rail and enjoys immediate access to the kitchen through solid double doors.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, the revolving door between activist nonprofits and government agencies is raising serious ethical and legal questions.—
Dan Eberhart,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Between the revolving door of coaches and the roster upheaval this season, the Rangers have been anything but stable.—
Arthur Staple,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Another highlight is that morning session at Edgbaston, when England lost two wickets in consecutive balls to be five down, and Jamie Smith came in and hit a century before lunch.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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When the Australian bowler Mitchell Starc claimed an English wicket with the very first ball of the match, the commentator’s contagious enthusiasm inspired him to film his own reenactment of the call.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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For all the culinary bells and whistles at Bateleur, our favorite food and drink moment was the simplest: the pots of piping-hot tea and coffee delivered by our butler through a hatch at the side of our tent in the pre-dawn darkness, to wake us up in time for a safari.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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Louvers in the rakish glass hatch instantly recall the classic split-window Sting Ray of 1963, the one-year-only styling created by GM designer Larry Shinoda, the son of Japanese immigrants.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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According to Costa, a preliminary investigation found that the victim was delivering mail to the residence when a 5-year-old pit bull forced the storm door open and attacked him.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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Ralph rang the bell and when the door opened, Lester, who is white, fired a handgun at him through the glass of the storm door, per a probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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