as in ditch
a long narrow channel dug in the earth
dug a trench and filled it with water in an attempt to keep the forest fire off her property
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Replicas of Burberry’s gabardine and war-era trenches are on view in a circle of mannequins, which perch on an organic camouflage rug designed by British contemporary artist and frequent Burberry collaborator Tom Atton Moore.
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Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
The facts: Charles Macintosh invented the waterproof raincoat—and the streamlined silhouettes for which the brand is known feel far more modern than a trench.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
Beside her, her close friend Jasmine Tookes echoed that a timeless trench is always a good idea.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
The composer additionally asked Hans Johannsson, Hansson’s father, who made her normal cello, to build what’s called a trench cello, which the soldiers used to play in the trenches of the First World War.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
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Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
The facts: Charles Macintosh invented the waterproof raincoat—and the streamlined silhouettes for which the brand is known feel far more modern than a trench.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
Beside her, her close friend Jasmine Tookes echoed that a timeless trench is always a good idea.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
The composer additionally asked Hans Johannsson, Hansson’s father, who made her normal cello, to build what’s called a trench cello, which the soldiers used to play in the trenches of the First World War.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
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But there was also a three-hour standstill in traffic caused by a tractor trailer that had driven into a ditch on a road that usually does not permit vehicles so big, but made an exception because that was the only way into or out of the area in the wake of the storm.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Bucks use water as a barrier, think deep drainage ditches, creeks, streams, and rivers.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
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Damaged during installation, Doyle has been banished to an obscure corner of the cathedral with Chet, a perpetually cheerful rain gutter voiced by Haley Joel Osment.Charlie Fink, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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One of those jobs was cleaning out my gutters last night.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
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Inside Lebanon, the politicians who, together with Hezbollah, had driven the country into an economic ravine now began jockeying for power: Could Amal, the other main Shiite party, seize the advantage?Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Efforts were ongoing on Saturday morning to recover some of the bodies that had fallen into a ravine, a local government official who asked not to be named told Reuters.Reuters, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Trench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trench. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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