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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There’s been an injury turnstile on the line, but the train in the trenches has kept on pushing forward, with new faces stepping up weekly.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Just like pure, statuesque, immortal goddess talking to us about the trenches with such grace.
—James Factora, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
That means the investment in playing time Miami’s making to three rookies — offensive guard Jonah Savaiinaea and defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and Jordan Phillips — might be tabled because all three are clearly struggling to play with a level of consistency this team needs to win in the trenches.
—Omar Kelly
october 19, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Just like pure, statuesque, immortal goddess talking to us about the trenches with such grace.
—James Factora, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
In his photographs of young men of the RAF, Beaton finds a slight homoerotic lens — there’s men sharing cigarettes, bunked together in the trenches and mending clothes on a sewing machine.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
That means the investment in playing time Miami’s making to three rookies — offensive guard Jonah Savaiinaea and defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and Jordan Phillips — might be tabled because all three are clearly struggling to play with a level of consistency this team needs to win in the trenches.
—Omar Kelly
october 19, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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“The trenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20trenches. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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