barbwire
Example Sentences
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“It’s a little too much to ask our guests to climb a barbwire fence and confront the National Guard,” Valanos said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2021
The overwhelming stench from Axe Body spray means there’s at least one person with a tanktop and a barbwire bicep tattoo nearby, which means your ears will soon be in agony as well.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2020
It was waist-high barbwire, running as far as he could see.
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2020
Guards attach barbwire on a freight train wagon, prepared to seal the border fence in Hungary at the train station in Roszke.
From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2015
There’s a dead donkey in a field behind a barbwire fence.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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