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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Apr. 2025
View gallery - 4 images The sea of tomorrow might be about as difficult to traverse stealthily as an elephant stomping through a room full of mousetraps thanks to Anduril's Seabed Sentry undersea sensor network that uses AI to autonomously track ocean traffic.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
Over the weekend, the G-Unit mogul reignited the controversy by posting a video clip of a rat carefully trying to steal a slice of cheese without triggering a mousetrap.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Apr. 2025
View gallery - 4 images The sea of tomorrow might be about as difficult to traverse stealthily as an elephant stomping through a room full of mousetraps thanks to Anduril's Seabed Sentry undersea sensor network that uses AI to autonomously track ocean traffic.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
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
Noun
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And Gemma and her cohorts are forced to develop new technologically advanced gizmos in a hurry and repurpose items on the fly in order to do battle with enemies amid the snares and dangers of these elaborate settings.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Wolves are killed across the Northern Rockies using steel-jawed traps, neck snares, packs of dogs and even snowmobiles.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
Verb
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If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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Unfortunately, Scott gets trapped there himself during an expedition with no way to get out until ... 23.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
Noun
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No additional details on his capture were released.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 July 2025
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As insurers ramp up investments in data architecture for their front and middle offices, finance departments often struggle to clearly communicate their requirements for data capture and services, the research finds.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
Verb
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In February 2021, a Martian meteorite with the planet’s atmosphere entrapped in it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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The second method for estimating water in the parent melt uses the melt entrapped in minerals of CE6 basalts.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Tour the American Cave Museum at 119 E Main St., in Horse Cave, Kentucky, which is home to artifacts and newspaper articles about Floyd’s life, his days as an explorer and his entrapment and tragic death.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The Franklin Police Department responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash with entrapment and one vehicle smoking in the area of 76 Grove St., near a dentist’s office, fitness center and a day spa, at about 6:22 Saturday evening, according to an incident report.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2025
Verb
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When any object gets close to a supermassive black hole, it's typically ensnared in a powerful gravitational pull.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
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Córdoba portrays himself as a peripheral figure ensnared by association.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The restaurant was a favorite hangout of the Gilbert Goons and the site of seven parking lot attacks, according to beating videos, interviews and police records.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Walmart provided security footage that reportedly confirms both the attack and the theft.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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