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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Design with Swales and Rain Gardens Swales, shallow trenches dug along the contour of a slope, can capture and redirect water, giving it time to absorb into the soil rather than running off.
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Russian forces have been training them in artillery, drones and trench clearing.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In contrast, the North American craton underwent trench retreat following flat-slab subduction but did not exhibit significant slab rollback.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Russian forces have been training them in artillery, drones and trench clearing.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In contrast, the North American craton underwent trench retreat following flat-slab subduction but did not exhibit significant slab rollback.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
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During the interview with police, the couple admitted to disposing of the child’s body in a ditch in Mequon before arriving in Chicago.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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According to police accounts: The case began in 1959, when a child’s bones were found in a ditch off Davis Road in Mequon, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee and about a five-hour’s drive from Houghton in the Upper Peninsula.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
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There were no nukes screaming across the open sea to knock our planet’s assembly of nations into history’s gutters of Armageddon.Will Cady, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Walz, 60, the governor of Minnesota, was tapped by Harris as her running mate in part because of his blue-collar appeal – a happy-go-lucky, flannel-wearing former high school teacher and football coach, who is cast as the everyday dad, fixing a car and repairing house gutters in campaign videos.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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The Park Fire began July 24 at a park in Chico when a man pushed a burning car down a grassy ravine in 100-degree temperatures.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Travelers on Interstate 75 near London, Kentucky, are surrounded by the massive Daniel Boone National Forest, dense with trees, hills, cliffs and ravines.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Trench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trench. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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