sunk fence

Definition of sunk fencenext

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Noun
  • But the gold seekers, the ‘49ers, immediately set to digging ditches and canals to divert water, and so the new state soon allowed that practice, too.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • An injured fawn trapped in a Loomis ditch got a second chance thanks to a rescue by South Placer Fire District firefighters.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The incident happened after two trenches collapsed in Oakland County in the last 24 hours.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • All night long there was the ringing clatter of picks and shovels; the Germans were digging trenches in the frozen ground.
    Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The frontier model business, which attracted billions in capital on the premise that raw intelligence would be the moat, is facing a structural credibility problem.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Now that the fairy tale ended a long time ago, their incredible businesses, tremendous leadership, and franchises — moats — keep them a big part of the S & P 500 and the biggest part of tech, which is the biggest part of everything.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
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“Sunk fence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunk%20fence. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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