trip wire
Example Sentences
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Denys admires the ants crawling on the ground before spotting a trip wire.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023
He then kneels, as the sunlight might glint off an all-but-invisible trip wire made from slender thread resembling fishing line if viewed from a different angle.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
Partridge had decided to continue fighting even after he was wounded by shrapnel from a trip wire this summer.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
The troops serve as a "trip wire" for NATO's 40,000-strong response force to come in quickly and bring more U.S. troops and weapons from across the Atlantic.
From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2022
Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and fell, remembered the trip wire, and tried to twist his body to avoid it.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
