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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlime
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At the landfill site dozens of rescuers scrambled overnight in search of people trapped.—
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How much is a trapping license in Kentucky?—
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Robert DeLong, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher who has studied sea lions for decades, told me that removal teams, which must activate the traps manually, could at first snare the animals during daylight hours.—
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Tongue came on in the 87th over and duly soon removed Carey via a plan to snare him at leg gully.—
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During non-blooming periods, the bulb focuses on producing tall leaves that capture energy and store it for the next flowering phase.—
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Dorothy Parker was a master of witty dialogue and subtle comedy, and this story perfectly captures all the tenderness and rage of sisterhood.—
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Optical atomic clocks, which use intersecting laser beams to entrap and monitor the atoms, are currently accurate down to 1 attosecond, or a billionth of a billionth of a second.—
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Getting young people to trust and depend on the traffickers is part of entrapping them.—
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Several years ago, Los Angeles County authorities collared some coyotes to track their movement within the region, Regis said.—
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In February 2025, officials collared 12 wolves — seven female, five male.—
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Inspired by the true story of the first women to study medicine in the UK, the film meshes gothic atmosphere and historical detail.—
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As Joseph tried to mesh some of his own system with a more Vic Fangio-style scheme run previously by Ejiro Evero in Denver — a style many of the returning players liked — the new coordinator found himself inside a burning defensive building.—
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The other part of the lawsuit, involving out-of-state petition gatherers, is tangled in a separate legal fight about a law passed in 2025.—
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Other add-ons that can be seen on bikes in the museum’s collection include acetylene gas headlamps, map cases, tool-carrying attachments and, for ladies’ bicycles, a skirt guard so the fabric would not become tangled in the wheel spokes.—
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An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.—
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The ones announced Thursday arrived three months after federal prosecutors in New York charged 34 people after two investigations that ensnared Rozier, Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones.—
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“Birdlime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdlime. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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