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Recent Examples of trapdoor
To O’Connor, humor is a trapdoor, a way to disarm the audience in order to deliver that emotional payload.
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Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Similar to the Broadway musical, the new movie ends with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and her strawman swain Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) walking into the sunset away from Oz, after the revelation that Elphaba staged her own melting death by hiding under a trapdoor.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
His stomach dropped as the trapdoor opened beneath him, plunging him into a void of air.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The gas would fill a box that was divided in two by a wall with a trapdoor.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
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Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Similar to the Broadway musical, the new movie ends with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and her strawman swain Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) walking into the sunset away from Oz, after the revelation that Elphaba staged her own melting death by hiding under a trapdoor.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
His stomach dropped as the trapdoor opened beneath him, plunging him into a void of air.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The gas would fill a box that was divided in two by a wall with a trapdoor.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trapdoor
Noun
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The entrance to the car park even passes under a portcullis and guests’ bags go through an X-ray machine hidden in the rock-face.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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The most precise atomic clocks trap atoms in an optical lattice, a pattern of light and dark formed by intersecting lasers.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Before the Dallas skyline, rope access technicians Ian Porter and Kain McLuaghlin of Highpoint Access scale the lattice-shell structure to make tweaks to new LED lighting installed on Reunion Tower, March 19, 2026.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Dual sets of double doors lead to a 1,200-square-foot terrace with alfresco dining and lounge spaces.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2026
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Propped up in a display case just inside the lobby’s double doors sat the World Series trophy.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Dallas Stars’ revolving door of injuries this season continues with another forward missing time.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Despite recent national buzz surrounding Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, Las Vegas is still expected to select Indiana national champion Fernando Mendoza with the top pick in the NFL Draft, ending a run of a revolving door of starting quarterbacks since Derek Carr’s last snap in 2022.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Delhi raced to 164-4 and a six-wicket win with 11 balls to spare in reply to Mumbai's 162-6 and a first loss in the young season for the five-time champion.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Shaun Marsh and Adam Gilchrist (PBKS) put on 206 runs for the second wicket against RCB in 2011.—
Tushaar Kuthiala,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even a single strand of hair inside the hatch seal could potentially pose issues with closing and sealing either hatch.—
Miles Doran,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Koch will be seated closest to the spacecraft side hatch and will be the point person on hatch systems and operations, according to NASA.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This material is often used for storm doors and big picture windows.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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But even as the storm door begins to crack open, the details of what’s coming through it point to a problem.—
Greg Porter,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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