the trenches

plural noun

: a place or situation in which people do very difficult work

These people are working every day down in the trenches to improve the lives of refugees.

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There are many lessons to learn from the Philadelphia Eagles’ championship this season and one of the main ones is to build from the inside out and make sure the trenches are solid. —

Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 Soldiers here say that specialized personnel are being posted to the trenches to serve as gun-toting infantry soldiers. —

Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025 Milpitas graduate Vita Vea held his own in the trenches before eventually becoming a Super Bowl-winning star with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. —

Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 The Dolphins, which should have roughly 10 draft picks once the compensatory selections are worked out, especially need help in the trenches and at safety. —

C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the trenches