trapdoor
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The loop has presented Clark with a trapdoor disguised as an exit.
From Salon ● May 30, 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
The Jags will just have to focus on victory though, as they could suffer a big trapdoor fall if they suffer an upset defeat with Houston waiting in the wings.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened, and a silvery ladder descended right at Harry’s feet.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
"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
This adaptation of "Station Eleven" contains so many trapdoors and routes by which it could have gone astray.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2021
He discovered what he needed to make his characters come to life beneath the previously unexplored trapdoors of the musical scale, in the secret seams of the dictionary.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
