the trenches

plural noun

: a place or situation in which people do very difficult work
These people are working every day down in the trenches to improve the lives of refugees.

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An organization that prides itself on being physical and resilient has lost the battle in the trenches handily and hasn’t responded with the necessary pushback. Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Stories like these have underscored the human dimension of a grinding war, where soldiers form bonds with animals in the trenches. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 But those in the trenches know what the Spanish midfielder means. Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 That’s a bad recipe for a CU team that’s yet to solve its deficiencies in the trenches. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the trenches

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“The trenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20trenches. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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