traps

Example Sentences

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Bird felt it was critical that her children learn what she hadn’t known about money and avoid the same traps she had fallen into.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

To avoid yield traps we also looked for names whose quarterly dividend payments ate up no more than 75% of their earnings.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

This time last year, surveillance traps had single-digit counts of black flies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The pile represents just one year of traps taken from the bush.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Everything I owned was gone; my gunny sack, lunch, apples, traps, and all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls