trap
Example Sentences
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Parsons has thoughts, describing the pull as “a present that is weaponizing the past, using nostalgia as a trap or a lure.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The team will work with local biologists to trap rats at the landfill site and test them for the virus.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
According to the study, long channels carved into the undersides of these ice shelves can trap relatively warm ocean water, intensifying melting in specific areas.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
A spate of bear encounters, including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year, sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help hunt and trap them.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The one that I had thought was going to get in my trap hurried back to the bunch.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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