Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
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Fearful Lina scours her village for clay pots, holding treasures but trapping ghosts.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
27 May 2025 -
Not only is the traffic frustrating, but what happens in the event a tornado drops down on cars trapped in the line?—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Witt snared the line drive and made an instinctive play, tossing the baseball to third baseman Maikel Garcia.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2025
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The Surprising Health Benefits of Becoming Pope Meet the Leopards of YouTube Drivers wait for hours to snare rides that will pay them a decent wage.—
Eli Tan,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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This collection was taken by National Park Service photographers, who have captured federal public lands and wild critters across the Western U.S.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
6 June 2025
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Social media video captured Thursday night showed dozens of cars leaving neighborhoods in the city’s south.—
Mohammed Tawfeeq,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Most horror flicks entrap their characters in one location or put them in some sort of unique, tense situation (think: satanic possession, or pissing off the wrong truck driver, attracting the wrong person, etc.), but in Final Destination, Death works with the great mundane canvas of ordinary life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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Early motherhood entraps them—and their children—in a bleak socioeconomic cycle that’s almost impossible to break.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2025
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Just down the highway, not far from where Lamb collared Bear EVGF129, electric fencing has also secured another conflict hot spot.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Lawrence also posed for photos with her costar Robert Pattinson, who attended the event in white pants and a navy blue collared tee underneath a jacket.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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This season, give it a modern update by pairing it with ballet sneakers or mesh flats that feel fresh.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
28 May 2025
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But the boy’s Indigenous spiritual life does not mesh with the mission’s Christianity and his mysterious power becomes a threat.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Meanwhile, nearly every link in the international supply chain is now tangled in tariffs, prompting swift retaliatory measures from Canada and China.—
Elena Bou,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The brush bars' conical shape prevents hair tangling around them, and actually encourages hair to roll off the bars and onto the floor in a ball that can be easily picked up.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
22 May 2025
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Young is now throwing his hat in the ring, defending Springsteen and Taylor Swift, who was ensnared in the fight.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Harper, June 10 Image King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby The best-selling Southern crime novelist returns with a gripping story about a finance manager who, while visiting his injured father in Virginia, becomes slowly ensnared in his brother’s dangerous dealings with a vicious drug syndicate.—
Laura Thompson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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