traps
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The thing that keeps the loop from starting is the same thing that traps you.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
While the border with China employs traps embedded with nails, the border with South Korea has explosive mines, said Choi Shi-woo, a North Korean defector heading NAUH, a nonprofit organization that aids escapees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The men reportedly used pieces of fish as bait, placing traps outside houses where they knew cats were kept, state media reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Methane traps heat at about 80 times the rate of carbon dioxide for the decade-plus that it lasts in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“We foraged for berries, boiled roots, made traps to kill beavers. Hunted squirrels. Fished.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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