mousetrap
Example Sentences
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“They say they’re building a better mousetrap to handle more business without laying on additional cost, but you can’t really test that until the business comes,” Seidl said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
"Wagner troops climbed into Bakhmut like rats into a mousetrap," Oleksander Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine's ground forces, told troops at the Bakhmut front this week.
From Reuters • May 20, 2023
The matter is more complicated than it appears, and those who try to capitalize on the expiring “Steamboat Willie” copyright could easily end up in a legal mousetrap.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
He had supposedly built a better mousetrap, and the world had indeed beaten a path to his door.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
When I pulled down my bedcover that night, I found a mousetrap on my pillow.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
