Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
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Wenrick did not answer questions about whether or not Valencia was trapped inside.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026 -
The Islamic republic has threatened to attack vessels traversing the strait throughout the conflict, which has effectively closed off the conduit, trapping hundreds of ships in the Persian Gulf and spiking oil prices globally.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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Towns finished with 13 points on five-of-eight shooting from the field and snared just three rebounds.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Juarez snared a line drive at second base, however, and threw the ball to Madison Marshall at first for the game-ending double play.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Someone had stashed a film camera in an apartment high above the plaza, capturing a scene of rowdy onlookers feasting on sausage sandwiches and uncorking bottles of wine as—after a series of delays—the blade dropped on Weidmann’s nape.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Those ball-tracking cameras capture up to 300 frames per second, allowing the system to precisely locate each pitch within the strike zone and reconstruct its path.—
Neil Nakahodo,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Grunion may be taken by hand only — no appliances of any kind may be used, and no holes may be dug in the beach to entrap them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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Race officials were able to collar him and return him home unharmed.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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Now White's the headline, singing his own style of music with rock, country and R&B meshed together.—
Tony Peterson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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According to Drake, those experiences also gave him an insider’s perspective on how the cruise and travel industries operate behind the scenes, and that experience, meshed with his humor, is the foundation for his unique podcast.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Most of these require local area network (LAN) cables that can get tangled, says Narukiyo.—
Katherine Bourzac,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Pet owners will love the hair screw tool, which expertly removes even long hair from upholstery without getting tangled.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The high-profile dispute has, over the past year and a half, ensnared several other celebrities in Lively and Baldoni's orbit as the discovery process in their case exposed the stars' private communications.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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His resignation came just one day after the Times-Picayune identified him as being implicated in the bribery scheme that had already ensnared Dusty Guidry, a former state wildlife commissioner.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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