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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Recent Examples of trench
Officials soon realized a power plant might also come under threat and began building trenches to divert the lava streams away from the infrastructure that provides electricity and water to 30,000 Icelanders.
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
Topographic features on Earth’s surface, such as mountains and deep-sea trenches, also distort its shape slightly.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Documents obtained by the AP in 2016 revealed that portions of the Trail of Tears were ripped up in eastern Tennessee when an employee approved the construction of berms and trenches without authorization.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
Look for blazer-like details like the ones in Aritzia’s The Constant coat, or the sharp lines punctuating Another Tomorrow’s double-faced trench.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
Topographic features on Earth’s surface, such as mountains and deep-sea trenches, also distort its shape slightly.
—Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Documents obtained by the AP in 2016 revealed that portions of the Trail of Tears were ripped up in eastern Tennessee when an employee approved the construction of berms and trenches without authorization.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
Look for blazer-like details like the ones in Aritzia’s The Constant coat, or the sharp lines punctuating Another Tomorrow’s double-faced trench.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trench
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There are a few limited examples of victims of violence being buried, like a young male found in a ditch at Stonehenge who was shot multiple times with arrows, according to the study authors.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article Two baby girls who were in the back seat of a vehicle stolen early on Monday have been found safe in a ditch in southeast Indianapolis, authorities said.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Pay special attention to any downspouts to ensure that the snow doesn't create a blockage in your gutter system.Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
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Somewhere along the way, this gruesome celluloid artifact was elevated from being the sick and disreputable product of a gutter genre to being a high-art masterpiece (Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott all owned 35mm prints of the film).Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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This week's episode, which aired on TV Wednesday and was available to Paramount+ subscribers Thursday morning, saw competitors cross an arctic lake in kayaks and hold their bodyweight to cross a ravine in a zipline-style challenge.Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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From there, a bridge spans a short ravine into one of the lushest and most wooded portions of the trail.Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Trench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trench. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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