trap
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In “Trap Door” he sings about “a trap door in your heart and a button on your desk well-worn from being pressed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The just-quirky-girls-at-a-country-club mood does eventually turn darker, but the musical, like some other works of art about mental illness, often falls into the trap of romanticizing it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A quarter of a century after assuming power, he comes across as remote and inflexible, as though immobilised in a trap of his own making.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
A stock with a high dividend yield might be considered a value trap because investors expect the dividend to be cut.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Owen held the raw meat from the bear trap as far away from him as he could and turned his head away.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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