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[fens] / fɛns /






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He’s not Jeff Goldblum-level rascally, but he’s confident enough to go his own way and make a killer joke at a high-voltage fence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In recent weeks, machinery has been tearing down the border fence each night, in preparation for 15 July.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The club at one point installed a separate fence, lawyers wrote, “to protect players from falling over into the rocky area below.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Owning a house with a white picket fence?

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

There are two plastic frogs shooting water from their mouths, a miniature playground rising from the shallow water, and a padlocked fence separating the kid area from the actual lake.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The Defense Department has plenty of reasons to mend fences with Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Mahoney said the crew was lucky enough to capture an era before fences keeping people out and no protocols surrounding performers.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Fifty years and thousands of runs later, six of the original players still take to the diamond nearly every Sunday, swinging for the fences.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Wonders abound within the confines of these fences.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

“He needs to work. Ain’t no time for moping when horses need feeding and fences need mending.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Four days after the council vote, Leslie Ridings and Horton of the residents association stood outside the fenced off lot as two men with the group Vincor Construction ambled about driving stakes into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

"We were afraid, my house is very close, but they told us they would be in a fenced area and then move deep inside the forest," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Large fenced reserves are rare, and leopards frequently move through agricultural and urban-edge landscapes, where conflict with people is common.

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

The city’s Columbus statue for now lies on its back inside a fenced storage facility, monitored by security cameras and adorned from head to toe with a strand of yellow caution tape.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Around the hall were broad grassy horse yards fenced with high hedges, firepits, and hundreds of round earthen houses that bulged from the ground like miniature hills, covered with grass.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

From spring to late summer, they patrol beaches, check on fencing protecting nests and remove any predators such as hedgehogs.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

On Monday, McFarlane and two friends were outside the fencing, leaning against the metal barriers in front of the Department of Agriculture, which faces the National Mall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

By the end of the week, the multicolored water had largely turned clear and fencing had started to go up around it in preparation for the July 4 fireworks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Still, barbed-wire fencing and bulldozers appeared on the beach, sparking outrage against the project.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

She cultivated wildflowers by the mailbox, relocated stones to form natural fencing.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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