Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunk fences
Noun
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In the months before the surge in operations, police lost 25 armored vehicles to ambushes involving barricades, trenches and Molotov cocktail attacks, authorities said.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Brands like Dior, Jil Sander, and Calvin Klein styled their pairs with equally classic staples like button-downs, crewnecks, and trenches.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This does not include cars that slide into ditches or crashes reported to local authorities.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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These joints were also designed to be lockable for bridging wide anti-tank ditches or canals.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Funding costs, liquidity stability, capital treatment, and regulatory accountability are moats.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Klein added European businesses could use AI to build wider moats, urging business leaders to take risks and the European Union to deregulate to unlock greater capital and talent.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Jan. 2026
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Extra caution is also advised around ridgelines, gullies, and terrain features, where wind-drifted, stiffer slabs of snow tend to form.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With snow melting and refreezing, ice dams are forming on the edge of roofs and on top of gutters causing damage across the state.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
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Ratia recommends adding more insulation to your attic, increasing attic ventilation, and installing heat ropes in your gutters.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Officials had worried that a system of dikes along the Skagit River would fail, and potentially inundate parts of Mount Vernon, a riverside town of about 35,000.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
13 Dec. 2025
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Chinese mitten crabs burrow into levees, dikes, and stream banks, increasing erosion and threatening flood-control systems.—
Staff Author Updated,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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