as in traps
something that catches and holds
the representative was forced to resign after getting caught in a noose of lies and corruption
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Recent Examples of nooses
Bags full of nooses had already been found.
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Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nooses
Noun
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Carbon dioxide, which is released when fossil fuels are burned, traps heat in the atmosphere and is largely responsible for the warming of the climate.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Taxpayers making loans to a foreign corporation should also prepare for PFIC traps.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This enables easy removal without tangles or hair damage.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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And while the musky-floral fragrance brings major beach vibes, the nonsticky styler skips the sea salt, replacing it with hydrolyzed rice protein to add volume and natural movement minus the crunchiness or tangles.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Here are the anti-suicide nets at Foxconn’s Chinese sweatshops, the teeny-tiny Apple logos engraved on the smallest iPhone parts to guard against unauthorized repair.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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However, with 20 dedicated courts with permanent lines and nets, La Habra is the flagship location.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Since 1972, The Marine Mammal Protection Act has served as a buffer against this cacophony, giving regulators tools to limit harm and protect species from deadly entanglements, vessel strikes, and industrial noise.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Your relationship or connection to old entanglements no longer serve you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ensuring Service-To-Service Integrity In modern architectures, applications are composed of microservices that rely on one another through APIs, messaging queues and service meshes.—
Ronak Desai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stylistically, Wilson’s top-end speed and willingness to go over the middle to make contested catches meshes with Rodgers.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Players must navigate nightmarish mazes where monsters lurk at every turn.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s a big disappointment since Universal has billed Fallout as one of the three marquee mazes of Horror Nights 2025, alongside Five Nights at Freddy’s and Terrifier, the top two mazes of the night.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Nooses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nooses. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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