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sunk fence

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as in ditch

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Northrop Grumman’s Raid Hunter aims to fill the last-ditch point-defense gap.

— David Szondy August 19, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Kellogg says that drafting a basic essay is as mentally taxing as digging a ditch is physically exhausting.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditch

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Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
That made General Manager Adam Peters comfortable going the entire offseason without making a significant addition to the offensive trenches.

— Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

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Who survives Over 50 years ago, Charlie Munger convinced his best friend, Warren Buffett, to ditch the proverbial cheap cigar butts for buying durable, high-quality businesses, centered around their economic moat.

— Sanjot Malhi, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Traditional business moats are eroding, exemplified by Chegg's collapse, as the market prices certainty into an inherently uncertain technology, causing unprecedented volatility and layoffs.

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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