barbed
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Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Barbed wire surrounded the scene, the grey rubble reflecting none of the joyous lights and bursts of color that normally fill the square during the Christmas season.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023
Mr. Markus published three books of photographs of modern-day cowboys taken on remote ranches, starting in 1985 with “After Barbed Wire: Cowboys of Our Time.”
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022
Barbed wire and water trucks could be seen blocking the area.
From Reuters • May 26, 2022
Barbed wire edges this barren, infinite wilderness, just a line of stitching along a gray tea towel.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Vocabulary lists containing barbed
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