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rattrap

noun

ˈra(t)-ˌtrap

Definition of rattrap

as in predicament

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape although the military invasion had been a breeze, the nation soon found itself caught in a rattrap with no clear escape route

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Perhaps cognisant of the last time one of his fighters — fellow British heavyweight Fabio Wardley — was in a similar predicament during his bout against Dubois in May.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
While few family businesses are like the Lakers, the broad strokes of the Buss family's predicament are familiar, according to lawyers who spoke to CNBC.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Freebairn said an old pickle jar can hold a starter, and an ordinary bowl can substitute for a proofing basket.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The kitchen’s electrical oven roasts them during the daytime; they’re then chilled and served cold, with hot sauce, a ramekin of mayonnaise, and a pile of pickle spears.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

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Getty Images The plight of the A’s in Oakland and the Rays in Tampa Bay has been a Major League Baseball dilemma for decades, spanning the careers of the last two commissioners, Rob Manfred and Bud Selig.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Gaines and White talked at length at halftime of Friday’s game about their convictions on the trans in women’s sports dilemma.

— Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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McIlroy surged into the top-10 on Saturday with a 7-under 63, powered by nine birdies, including three in his final four holes.

— Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The researchers engineered an additional GaN layer that naturally creates a second sheet containing mobile holes, called a two-dimensional hole gas, or 2DHG.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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Spending more time crafting weak-salsa anti-Latino jokes than improving the lives of Latinos — that’s the racist swamp the president and his team happily fester in.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of swamp

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Civilian infrastructure failed or disappeared, telecommunications broke down, and hundreds of thousands of people were stranded in what was already a relatively remote, rugged corner of the country.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
But apart from that, there’s the matter of just how awfully spirit-lifting her earth-angel mezzo-soprano tends to be, even when backing herself into dark corners before backing her way back out again.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

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