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Concluding Thought Since a personal guarantee is a pledge of all one's worldly non-exempt assets to back the underlying loan, a personal guarantee is basically a financial noose that one puts their head into and then waits to see if the trapdoor opens.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025 -
When an inlet on Haugen's street fills, a trapdoor opens and dumps the contents into a 20-inch steel tube below the street.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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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 Reflets team moved on to the workings of Altice and the complex lattice of holding companies that surrounded Drahi and his closest associates.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The renovations include lighter paint, new tables and chairs, brighter lighting and bookshelves to replace lattice wall dividers that previously held Southern-style decor.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In The Hundred, he’s taken six wickets in five games for Trent Rockets at an average of just 13.33.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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Farrell, who is based in Toronto, knows his way between the wickets in cricket, a bat and ball game like baseball that is popular outside of North America, especially as a billion-dollar TV entertainment juggernaut via the Indian Premier League.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
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The evergreen revolving door of oddballs and cynics populating that Manhattan arraignment court in the wee hours of the night and at the center of it all a workplace family that will forever be... until next time.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 June 2025
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The Chargers have dealt with a bit of revolving door at cornerback so far in camp.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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An accompanying image shows the double doors tucked neatly into the walls, their dark wood and vintage fittings visible as if untouched for years.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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The bathroom was separated from the room by a sliding double door.—
Ronny Maye,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The only thing standing between the Benders and the elements was a series of roll-up storm doors.—
Ned Zeman,
Outside,
14 Nov. 2021
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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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“Postern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postern. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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