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 civil judgement said entry was via a trapdoor and a 60m-long curved concrete tunnel.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
She knows the location of the hidden trapdoor that leads to the rafters of the arch above the nave.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
Then they backed away, one of them holding a trip cord which would close the trapdoor after the rats were inside.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Nor did evidence of trapdoors, subterranean rooms or tunnels at the school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
"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
My brain is an unfamiliar room and trapdoors are everywhere.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
