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kennels

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plural of kennel

as in cages

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Noun

At center stand two cages modeled after nineteenth-century shipping containers that carried Pacific breadfruit to Europe for study and consumption.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Many sloths intended for display at the International Drive attraction languished and died by early this year in small cages inside an unheated warehouse.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

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After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
Now, stars broken in the reality trenches are crossing over into more traditional Hollywood offerings, with everyone from Netflix to A24 putting scripts into their hands.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of trenches

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Classes will cover fine art materials with specific brands of watercolors, pens, and paints, as well as special techniques.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026
That is why companies are moving to special pens to make injecting prescription GLP-1s and insulin less complex for untrained people.

— C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

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This untreated runoff makes its way through storm drains and ditches into our local streams and rivers and eventually, the ocean.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Both townships and counties had authority to tax land thus providing funds for roads and ditches.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026

Definition of ditches

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Justin Slaten threw wildly to first, and two runs scored on the play, giving the White Sox a 7-5 lead.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Right-hander Tanner Bibee gave up four runs (three earned) over 5 2/3 innings for the Guardians (57-58), including back-to-back homers from Brett Baty and Polanco.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of runs

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Keep gutters clean and ensure water flows away from your home to prevent foundation damage and basement flooding.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
Artificial snow is piled up in their gutters, smoke seems to billow from the chimneys on the roofs and the windows of the cottages are filled with moving models of colorful creatures from the films.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of gutters

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Organizers also are paying to build 1,800 walls weighing 10,000 pounds (4,536 kilograms) each to ring the track and metal detectors that will be manned by the Secret Service.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Divers rotate every 20 minutes to reduce fatigue and the physical demands of wearing nearly 100 pounds of equipment.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounds

Noun

Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As the dikes spread, the region faced earthquakes and brought back into action long dormant faults, draining the magma beneath the ridge.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

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