mousetrap
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If I can create a better mousetrap, because I’m observing something that has just been accepted, and I can do it better, then I will go into that industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
A bit like setting and later triggering a mousetrap.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
But they did have a crucial insight into how to build a better mousetrap.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2023
"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
He just lifted the box and pulled the spring mechanism of the mousetrap back until it clicked into place again.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Firms that would have succeeded under any circumstances—because they’ve developed fantastic new mousetraps, or because they’re exposed to the discipline of global trade—continue to grow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
But the gatekeepers of phony commercial solutions to existential violence — such as better helmets, no more effective than better mousetraps — want us to focus on only one aspect of football harm.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2023
Lay down a few mousetraps or use repellents that they are not fans of.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
"So these areas need to develop and implement plans to minimise risks and make evacuation routes, to ensure that they do not become mousetraps."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
As Reynie made a mental note to tell Kate to look out for mousetraps, S.Q. ushered them from their room.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
“It’s not speculative stuff that is going to get mousetrapped by a new large language model release in a year.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Princeton's President Robert F. Goheen, 45, was not about to be mousetrapped.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, mousetrapped by George McGovern, whom he admires, New York Times Columnist Tom Wicker performed a manful act.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Italians, they reported, were mousetrapped and divided into small units, became easy prey of Greek mountain infantry.
From Time Magazine Archive
He couldn't let Gramps take the mousetrapped anti-gerasone—but, if he warned Gramps about it, Gramps would certainly make life in the apartment, which was merely insufferable now, harrowing.
From The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut
