trench
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In addition, in central Gaza, the Israeli military has been fortifying the line with a deep trench and high sand berms along its length, satellite images show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Instead of a foundation trench, the machine had opened up not only a scramble for stolen treasure, but a legal minefield and forgotten moment of desperate rebellion from England's history.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
To my chagrin but not my surprise, no one else in the theater came with their tail tucked between their legs, covered by a trench coat.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
A gaping 75-mile-wide trench now sits where a massive horizontal skyscraper called the Line was to be developed at Neom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
It tipped downwards in earthy showers, back into the trench in the Abbey grounds whence it had first come.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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