sand trap

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Within seconds, her husband had pulled her from the sand trap, the sand filled in, and the stunned couple wondered what just happened?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Golf is a sport with an honor system, whether marking a ball, filling out your scorecard accurately or figuring out how many swings you took to get out of a sand trap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

One of the balls during their matchup was hit into the weeds near a sand trap.

From Fox News • Sep. 25, 2021

It began with a drive blocked to the right and into a sand trap on the 10th hole, his only missed fairway of the day.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2018

Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck