barbed wire
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Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
On the Estonian side, antitank obstacles called dragon’s teeth are splayed along a small section of the riverbank, fenced in by barbed wire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Across the lot in an unused patch of pavement, pops of bright orange and yellow reach skyward toward the imposing barbed wire that’s laced atop metal security bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
She describes it as if "heated barbed wire" were wrapped around her abdomen: "It's like my organs are being pulled apart."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Seidel saw a man in the West, with tears in his eyes, staring through barbed wire at a two-year-old boy holding the hand of an old woman in the East.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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