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trench

[trench] / trɛntʃ /


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After years of unsuccessful makeover attempts by previous management teams, the British luxury trench coat brand appears to be turning a corner and increased sales by 4% over the three months through June.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Some requests, like how to jump a motorcycle over a trench, are not necessarily nefarious in nature.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Located just below the seafloor, this unusually weak layer allowed the fault to rupture all the way to the trench during the 2011 "megathrust" earthquake.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

His goth uniform included an olive-green trench coat he borrowed from his mom.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

From her angle of view in the tree, Mrs. Frisby could see only the top of this trench, and not down into the bottom.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Mamdani removed all of the advisers on the group’s board, which many on Wall Street and in the development trenches saw as a sign that he isn’t much interested in their opinions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

And that’s the result of a formidable quantity of skills acquired over half a century immersed in the rock ‘n’ roll trenches, whether as a listener, critic, producer, or active participant.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Because Sardis sits on an alluvial plain, some trenches extend as much as 12 meters underground.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

Connecting these trenches were communication trenches, which allowed relief parties to reach the frontline under cover all the way from the rear.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

After clearing swaths of torched aloe plants, he trenched in about 500 native plants that he said “will look spectacular in a few years.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

Olson, even though it trenched upon the president’s executive authority, concluding that the statute did not unduly limit the president’s power because the imposition was slight.

From Washington Post Jun. 12, 2018

And he was as equally unhappy during construction, when the company trenched up his manicured yard to run the pipeline 60 feet from the front door of his family’s 5-year-old brick home.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2017

Technically, the ditches are considered Oakmont’s only water hazards, even if the fast-moving groundwater rarely remains in the trenched channels long enough to puddle.

From New York Times Jun. 11, 2016

Many of the fair’s fifty-seven miles of roadway were still either submerged or coated with mud, and others had been gouged and trenched by vehicles that had used the roads while they were still sodden.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

At just one site of extensive trenching a few hundred yards outside the town of Chernobyl, the Russian army had dug an elaborate maze of sunken walkways and bunkers.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2022

They were used to using machinery and trenching and those skills were transferrable to cemeteries.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2022

“He started trenching, picking, and ordered up drilling,” said Mr. Kabongo.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2021

“It was very frustrating,” Parrish said of the previous trenching effort.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2021

The rain quickly went from a sprinkle to a downpour, thundering against the leaves and trenching water through the soil.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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