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sunk fences

noun

plural of sunk fence

as in trenches

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After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
Now, stars broken in the reality trenches are crossing over into more traditional Hollywood offerings, with everyone from Netflix to A24 putting scripts into their hands.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of trenches

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This untreated runoff makes its way through storm drains and ditches into our local streams and rivers and eventually, the ocean.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Both townships and counties had authority to tax land thus providing funds for roads and ditches.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026

Definition of ditches

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However, for other mobile carriers and their prospective investors, their collective moats don’t seem anywhere near defensive enough to justify a fat valuation metric.

— Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Supported by massive regulatory moats, long-term secular demand from GLP-1s and biologics and a clean balance sheet, West is exceptionally well-positioned to compound earnings and deliver strong returns over the long term.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of moats

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The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Scott Gordon, chief of water enforcement for EPA’s regional office at the time, toured the site in 2000 and said he was shocked by how the industrial water found its path into the river, sometimes through gullies cut by the flow.

— DYLAN JACKSON, ABC News, 6 May 2026

Definition of gullies

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Winds ripped gutters from cottages where staff members live during the school year and tore the face from a clock tower that has stood at the school since its founding more than a century ago.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Ensure your existing gutters are firmly secured, leak-free and properly sloped toward downspouts before mounting guards (a professional will do this as part of their initial assessment, too).

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of gutters

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Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As the dikes spread, the region faced earthquakes and brought back into action long dormant faults, draining the magma beneath the ridge.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

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