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

"This atomic disorder limits performance because it traps and scatters electrons, much like potholes slowing traffic on a highway," describes Dr. Dongqi Li from TU Dresden.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

After the government announced a clampdown on "subscription traps", many people got in touch with BBC Your Voice to share their stories.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

Dozens of people, many of them children, treaded water, checking crab traps and hoisting river prawns up to their parents and friends, who waited up top with buckets.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat