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Recent Examples of trapdoor
Although the Irish look like a good bet to make the 12-team field with comfortable wins over Syracuse and Stanford to close the regular season, the trapdoors that could keep them out are becoming clearer.
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Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Toward the end of the film, Fiyero emerges from a trapdoor, as though from a tomb, resurrected.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 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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Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
Toward the end of the film, Fiyero emerges from a trapdoor, as though from a tomb, resurrected.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 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
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Don’t miss the chance to grab this end table from the Trisha Yearwood Home Collection, featuring lattice detailing and a large drawer for storage.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Prior research inferred the amount of core hydrogen by using X-ray diffraction to look at the lattice structure in iron crystals, which expands more when hydrogen is present.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The closet’s double doors had been tied together with a charging cable and the door was blocked from opening by 75 pounds of boxes, as shown in a photo the grandmother provided to police.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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The double doors leading to McDonald's are reportedly propped open at all times, and the glass outside the hatch is covered with plywood to protect it from vandalism.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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There's a revolving door of cool traveling exhibits, so check out the website to see what's happening now.—
Elena Donovan Mauer,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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But the front office has a shopaholic’s approach to waiver wire pickups and minor-league acquisitions that keeps the revolving door to the Dodgers’ bullpen spinning.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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Indian Motorcycle Nostalgia is a tricky wicket for manufacturers.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rahman, a 30-year-old fast bowler, is the all-time leading wicket-taker for his nation in T20 cricket and has played regularly for Bangladesh across all formats of the game.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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Gibson would go on to make manifests and hatch lists for the Army Transportation Corps’ Embarkation Center in Juneau, Alaska, before decided to relocate to the Bay Area.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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If the egg hatches, the eaglet will join a growing number of its brethren in Missouri.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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Renteria unlocked the storm door, and the person on the other side — later identified as his roommate — pulled it open.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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But unlike your windows and storm doors, mirrors are backed with a reflective coating and often have metal, wood, or plastic frames.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
15 Nov. 2025
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“Trapdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trapdoor. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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