trip line
AmericanEtymology
Origin of trip line
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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KRDO-TV reported Wednesday that the bicyclists were recently riding across a bridge on the Rock Island Trail when their bikes hit a trip line.
From Washington Times
Warren’s ethnic heritage has long been a partisan trip line.
From The Guardian
Invisible to the two men, a trip line joined the box to a yard sign, apparently stolen from another location in the neighborhood.
From Washington Post
The next EpiPen crisis is no doubt in the making, with patients already suffering from inexplicable rising prices for a much-needed drug, until that trip line of outrage is once again crossed.
From New York Times
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