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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The art of building a better mousetrap can be as simple as putting calculators on our smartphones or as complex as adaptive cruise control on our cars.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
Four starters averaged in double figures, and the other, Doyle, proved to be a human mousetrap against opponents’ best scorers.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The art of building a better mousetrap can be as simple as putting calculators on our smartphones or as complex as adaptive cruise control on our cars.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 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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The movie’s pivot to vampires is a supernatural vision of the real-life snares set for great Black musicians.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Hungry Lion Records grants him the space to do so with an almost-morose mixture of trap snares and synths that invites listeners to focus on his soul-baring lyrics.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The animal is unlikely to attack unless trapped or provoked.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Neighbors also informed the outlet that both police and child services — in N.Y.C., the Administration for Children's Services (ACS) — had visited the apartment earlier in the week, while Promise was trapped inside, but left without entering the apartment.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The gains reflect a wet early winter and improved snowmelt capture, even as drought has crept back into parts of southern California.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, as sea levels rose around the iconic island in San Francisco Bay, Pete Kelsey — a technologist specializing in 3D data capture — was called in to help save the site for future generations.—
Louise McLoughlin,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Gabi and Robinson head to the diner to entrap Maggie with yet another plate of cheese fries.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Edward tentatively goes into another room and returns naked save for the mask entrapping his face.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This financial entrapment varies significantly by industry.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Her languid demeanor, even in the face of minor entrapment, has led to plenty of laughter among viewers online.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The poisonous tree does ensnare Lochlan, however, who does pass out after drinking a smoothie, but his father saves him.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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The White House is also currently ensnared in a lawsuit brought forward by the Associated Press.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In March, two days of U.S. attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The company highlights one type of attack that is now targeting users and which is especially dangerous.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 Apr. 2025.
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