fence off
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In the 1950s, India approved a semiautonomous status for Jammu and Kashmir in its national constitution, allowing the state to establish its own laws and fence off its land from outsider settlers.
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
Because they’re seedless, you need buds to grow new trees, and soon so many people were trying to steal “just one” from the Tibbetses’ trees that they had to fence off their yard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
He was quick to sweep the spinners, thumping a reverse to the fence off Zampa, and peppered the short leg-side boundary when Australia tried to unsettle him with short stuff.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Radio astronomers are eager to fence off another area: the middle of the Moon’s far side, shielded by its bulk from the hectic radio noise of Earthbound transmitters.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2023
And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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