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Recent Examples of trapdoor
While performing in Melbourne, Australia as part of the band's Music of the Spheres World Tour in November, Martin seemingly got distracted by a group of screaming fans and stepped backwards into an open trapdoor.
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Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
One common trapdoor function involves multiplying two large prime numbers, an easy operation to perform.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
But the Olivia Tremor Control — the band that Hart led with Bill Doss, the fourth member of that initial E6 circle — were the timeless ones, floating on a higher plane of endlessly hummable melodies and musique-concrete trapdoors.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
The moment Chris Martin fell through a trapdoor right in front of me at the #Coldplay concert tonight.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
One common trapdoor function involves multiplying two large prime numbers, an easy operation to perform.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
But the Olivia Tremor Control — the band that Hart led with Bill Doss, the fourth member of that initial E6 circle — were the timeless ones, floating on a higher plane of endlessly hummable melodies and musique-concrete trapdoors.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
The moment Chris Martin fell through a trapdoor right in front of me at the #Coldplay concert tonight.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
Noun
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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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However, in reality, these atoms can randomly swap places within the crystal lattice, meaning some sites that were supposed to have copper atoms might have zinc atoms, and vice versa.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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More layers caused more monomers to spread and connect through the lattice, resulting in a series of loops all threaded together in a super-strong web akin to the metal links in chainmail.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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Fans desperate to get into the gymnasium to see the game broke into the school and a massive crowd rushed down a stairwell, where double doors led to the gym.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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Visible through two sets of glass double doors, a group in the jail’s lobby worked into the evening hours, shuffling through bond paperwork while working to bail out protesters arrested during the swift law enforcement response to the peaceful, unauthorized protest hours earlier.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
25 Apr. 2024
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Washington has not solved the problem of the revolving doors between Big Pharma and government regulators.—
David Marks,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Nov. 2024
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The mass protests, vile sound bites, revolving door to his administration, and constant threats of violence and war have been exhausting.—
Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
24 Oct. 2024
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The swarm of celebration around the Sydney Thunder opener after Khawaja's wicket was also trampling over the Spirit Of Cricket guidelines.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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When the left-hander came to the wicket for the title of ICC world champion, Australia were 76 for 3.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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As this wrecking ball swings anew, policymakers across the region had better batten down the hatches.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Their chick hatches around February, grows to adult size and finally takes flight.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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The storm door is wide-open with a very active storm track forecast to impact Northern California.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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However, when the weather turns cold, replacing screen doors with storm doors can cut down drafts and help your home be more energy efficient.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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