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a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late
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Recent Examples of booby-trap
James MacKenzie, Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately, though, one open window negates all the padlocks, bolts, and booby traps money can buy.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2019
The characters must navigate different booby traps and escape from one cube into another.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Get ready for a night of holiday mischief with everyone's favorite Christmas prankster — and without the booby traps.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Wary of booby traps and with evening closing in, the troops did not enter the building until the next day.
—James MacKenzie, Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately, though, one open window negates all the padlocks, bolts, and booby traps money can buy.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2019
The characters must navigate different booby traps and escape from one cube into another.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Get ready for a night of holiday mischief with everyone's favorite Christmas prankster — and without the booby traps.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for booby-trap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booby-trap
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Governments around the world have trained eagles to attack unmanned aircraft.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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That is to say, a ceasefire in Ukraine where Russia keeps the occupied territories for now in exchange for Israel getting the green light to neutralize the Iran threat by attacking the Mullah regime inside and outside the country.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But underneath is a story that swims in darker waters and mines deeper truths.Robert Lang, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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But there's so much of my relationship people don’t see, that's just mine.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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From hardside carry-on suitcases to packable blankets, these essentials will make both your holiday shopping and travel plans go off without a hitch.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
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Ensuring these events go off without a hitch is critical.Marcus Fowler, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Russian forces are bombing the steel smelters regularly.Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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For CISOs and identity executives, the growing complexity of their application ecosystems is creating governance land mines that aren't being addressed by traditional approaches.Eric Olden, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Zelensky Number of Ukrainian Soldiers Accused of Abandoning Positions Soars Map Shows Where the World Stands on Ukraine Last week, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Newsweek that the Biden administration had reversed its policy on antipersonnel land mines.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Colby rushes into the stall to distract the horse from Carter, who is trapped in the corner.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hers, described as a rich moisture balm, is a mix between an ointment and an emollient face cream, delivering instant hydration via five molecular weights of hyaluronic acid and skin-barrier-strengthening ceramides, then trapping in said moisture with murumuru butter and polyglutamic acid.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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The entire West coast is at risk for tsunamis California is by no means the only part of the United States at risk for tsunamis.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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How To Test for Elevated Blood Lead Levels The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children at risk for lead exposure get a blood lead test at 1 and 2 years of age.Katarzyna Kordas, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Getting everyone into the same room at the same time can also act as a sharpening tool for decision-making, as information imbalances are smoothed out and routine snags and inefficiencies (such as delays in email response) can be neatly resolved in a two-minute conversation.Koray Köse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The device removal tactic would have run into another big snag when the arrests in France took place: One of the suspects had nothing on the table at all.Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Booby-trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booby-trap. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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