trapdoor
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Their film is a trapdoor, a hidden escape hatch that only two people willing to pause and look around amid all of the chaos could see.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The park, which closed in late December, contains games and rides that reference past MrBeast videos, such as a trapdoor tower and catapults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
"There are now four known species of trapdoor spiders in California that live exclusively in coastal dune habitats," said corresponding author Emma Jochim, a doctoral student in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
She knows the location of the hidden trapdoor that leads to the rafters of the arch above the nave.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
You go up, finding a trapdoor in the ceiling.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Nor did evidence of trapdoors, subterranean rooms or tunnels at the school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
"Are we now asking inspectors to pry up the floorboards and look for trapdoors?" he asked.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
There is action as well, involving intricate stagecraft like revolving platforms and trapdoors.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
We've worked with him in coalitions for nearly 20 years, and we're fully confident that no one would be better at navigating the complexities and trapdoors of the House of Representatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2022
From attic trapdoors, blind robot faces peered down with faucet mouths gushing green chemical.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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