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sunk fences

noun

plural of sunk fence

as in trenches

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Sharp suits and smoking jackets came alongside cocoon shapes, functional hunting jackets, double-breasted trenches and generous winter coats, with longer lengths and full collars suggesting the urban style of the 1980s and ’90s.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Once summer’s squarely behind her, the royal wears a steady rotation of coat dresses, trenches, blazers, and every other type of outerwear under the sun.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of trenches

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The ability for anyone to generate strategy, code, or creative work in seconds effectively filled in the moats built on blitzscaling overnight.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Most companies were incentivized to create defensive moats around their products once they were sold to prevent competition from replacing them.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of moats

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Officials urged displaced residents to check on their properties, clear gutters and remove debris before the rain arrives.

— Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Rural roads lack curbs, gutters and sidewalks, and small farms with livestock are allowed and encouraged.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of gutters

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In Colombia’s Ciénaga Grande, roads and dikes disrupted the flow of seawater and freshwater from the 1950s onward, contributing to one of the largest mangrove die-offs on record.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Historical records indicate that dikes were deliberately breached during a military conflict, allowing the swollen Yellow River to inundate the city.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

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