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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Undeterred, Halpin and team endeavor to continue to build a better mousetrap.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
But if their previous pictures felt like ornate, twisted little mousetraps, The Devil’s Bath feels less precise, more cosmic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Undeterred, Halpin and team endeavor to continue to build a better mousetrap.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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
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The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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That didn’t prevent the first tribal project to come along — the Yakama Nation’s — from getting caught in a snare of bureaucracy.ProPublica, ProPublica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Lopez play Aurora, a classic screen siren who exists in the imagination of Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser, who retreats into fantasies while trapped in an Argentine prison.Brent Lang, Variety, 1 Jan. 2025
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Winds damaged at least 115 structures, trapping people inside their homes, according to a weather service preliminary summary.USA TODAY Graphics team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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The captures highlight a campaign by some activists to reintroduce lynx to help control the deer population and symbolize Scotland’s commitment to wildlife diversity.Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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González Urrutia's Exile and Defiance Venezuelan authorities have announced a $100,000 reward for the capture of González, who fled to Spain in September.Michael D. Carroll AND Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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In reality, Nick wants to get his revenge on Donnie by entrapping him.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Unlike technology companies that work to ensnare (and monetize) our attention, Foreman entrapped our bodies only to liberate our minds.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The truck had suddenly turned right, crossing the road's bike path and forcing Adam's entrapment under its chassis.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Themes of entrapment, unrequited love and loss penetrate the screen, with Lachman conveying the narrative through a bespoke aesthetic captured on different celluloid formats.Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Once ensnared in the quest for a 240Z, buyers will learn that examples made up through 1971 are regarded as the most desirable, as EPA and DOT regulations began to rear their ugly head by 1972.Robert Ross, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
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The mayor has seen many of his top advisors resign in recent months after they were ensnared in various corruption investigations of their own.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The attack triggered a shutdown of parts of Change Healthcare’s electronic system, leaving doctors and other providers of medical care without the ability to get insurance approval of patient services.Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Other Republicans in attendance included Mr. Bush and Mike Pence, who was Mr. Trump’s vice president during his first term and was the target of rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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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 17 Jan. 2025.
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