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Recent Examples of trip wire
With Partridge taking over and Notre Dame adding Brewu, Keeley and Gray through the transfer portal, a position group that felt like a trip wire one month ago now looks more like a launching pad.
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Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
It was set up with a pulley system and a trip wire that would fire the crossbow when a deer’s leg tripped it.
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David Zeug,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
Having some European forces on the ground as trip wires, building up economic integration.
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NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
Voters have ideas Lawmakers are back in the Capitol this week with big ambitions, a messy calendar and a thousand potential trip wires, especially among Republicans who call the shots.
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Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
It was set up with a pulley system and a trip wire that would fire the crossbow when a deer’s leg tripped it.
—
David Zeug,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
Having some European forces on the ground as trip wires, building up economic integration.
—
NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
Voters have ideas Lawmakers are back in the Capitol this week with big ambitions, a messy calendar and a thousand potential trip wires, especially among Republicans who call the shots.
—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wire
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One image showing land mines was widely republished by Thai media outlets and bolstered Thailand's claims that Cambodia had laid new mines along the border that wounded patrolling Thai soldiers.
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The younger Modrić’s childhood home in the village of Jasenice was abandoned and remains so to this day, with signs warning visitors of land mines in the area.
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Dark web markets are shrouded in secrecy, but admins of dark web marketplaces have been identified by law enforcement and arrested before.
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Note that the Username button will only appear on your primary mobile device, and not on the WhatsApp web or desktop app.
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So, bringing the expressive pads allowed people to experiment with making music by sliding their fingers across them, putting a snare in the middle and a rim shot around the edges.
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Jacob The Lion ALEX BRACZKOWSKI Rescued from a poacher's snare in 2019.
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The gauntlet of booby traps culminating in the giant boulder that kick off Raiders is my single favorite opening sequence in a movie ever.
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Picture Indiana Jones swapping his fedora for a Han dynasty helmet, dodging booby traps in dusty Chinese tombs.
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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