as in protecting
to drive danger or attack away from
had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events
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Recent Examples of fencing
Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Plumas County will stand up 11,550 feet of wildlife fencing with its $96,000 grant.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Indianapolis doesn't require fencing around retention ponds.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Park wildlife are generally not managed through hunting, but the park has tried techniques like fencing moose away from wetland zones.
—John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
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Attendees of this year’s 121st Kentucky State Fair have likely noticed construction equipment and fencing on the northern side of the expo center, 937 Phillips Lane.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Plumas County will stand up 11,550 feet of wildlife fencing with its $96,000 grant.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Indianapolis doesn't require fencing around retention ponds.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Park wildlife are generally not managed through hunting, but the park has tried techniques like fencing moose away from wetland zones.
—John Wendt, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fencing
Verb
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While many executives are pausing on big hires or deferring large projects, Dave Anderson, Founder of TSC Security, argues that protecting your company’s digital assets should not be placed on the back burner.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Indiana University is the worst public university in the country for fostering and protecting free speech on campus, according to a national First Amendment organization that ranks universities annually.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Soliman was called to an asylum hearing in February, a month into the new administration, for a last shot at defending his eligibility.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those included defending Novo's leadership in diabetes and obesity treatment, fostering a high performance culture and realigning the company's cost base and driving efficiencies.—
Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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One 10-year-old student said his friend was shot while shielding him from bullets that struck through the windows, according to a new report.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The design and placement of the engine focus on reducing noise by using quiet turbofan engines and shielding them from other parts.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Whomever the safeties were guarding.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Strong support for keeping those requirements comes from existing homeowners guarding the value of their homes, their greatest investment, speakers said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Looming over all those issues is China, which has built out a mammoth, if not yet cutting-edge, shipbuilding sector, and whose threats against Taiwan could have a knock-on effect towards American commitments to safeguarding South Korea, Seoul fears.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The wooden floor has rotted through, and only a few flimsy stairs remain attached to telephone poles, which once propped up the tower.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Carry it as a clutch or wear it over the shoulder with the attached chain strap.—
Melody Kazel,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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More joined after the sixth, which Sánchez ended with a swinging strikeout of Jorge Polanco.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Fencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fencing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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