These cracks had nothing to do with where she stood, but were instead the result of upward pressure from beneath the trapdoor.

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Cyprus, with revenues following the slowdown in offshore activity, took on more debt rope around its neck just waiting for the trapdoor to spring open.

FORBES: Cyprus And The Death Of An Offshore Haven

About the size of a dollar bill, the mud covered the carpet and spanned the crack of the trapdoor that led down into the three-foot-high crawl space beneath the house.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Killer Weekend'

He ascended the stairs at the end of the passageway, nudged open the trapdoor, and entered the passageway that ran lengthwise between Ford's and the Star Saloon next door.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Manhunt'

On Friday Collins helped Toulon ensured their place in the French top flight next season by pushing pushing fellow relegation strugglers Dax through the trapdoor with a 22-12 win.

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Booth lifted the trapdoor and dropped below into darkness.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Manhunt'

The third trapdoor concerns Goldman's risk appetite.

ECONOMIST: Goldman Sachs: Modern Midas | The

With abstraction as the hinge, Duchamp opened a trapdoor at the bottom of Western thought and feeling.

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Mr Kamprad left a trapdoor for getting funds out of the business, even if its ownership and control cannot change.

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