trench warfare
noun
: warfare in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from a relatively permanent system of trenches protected by barbed-wire entanglements
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Wednesday's combat exercises in Romania saw live-fire training and trench warfare drills.
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Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Stories of haughty people scheming and plucky servants improving alarm clocks attract smaller audiences than, say, trench warfare.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The use of drones in European and Middle Eastern theaters is enabling even closer-range conflict: mines, trench warfare, and civilian targeting.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
At these gatherings, Tempest trained his eyes on the audience:
One way of appreciating the effect of trench warfare was to watch carefully the rows of faces of the infantrymen . . .
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Stories of haughty people scheming and plucky servants improving alarm clocks attract smaller audiences than, say, trench warfare.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The use of drones in European and Middle Eastern theaters is enabling even closer-range conflict: mines, trench warfare, and civilian targeting.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
At these gatherings, Tempest trained his eyes on the audience:
One way of appreciating the effect of trench warfare was to watch carefully the rows of faces of the infantrymen . . .
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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“Trench warfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trench%20warfare. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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