as in touched (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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Complete with glow-in-the-dark buttons and an antenna, the prop certainly seemed less likely to get its owner in legal trouble.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 June 2026 -
But even the comms team seemed evasive.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Men were prowling around inside Sarava’s headquarters, housed in an office building whose distinctive facade resembled the geometric designs of Islamic art.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Platner also drew criticism after a video surfaced of him shirtless with a tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Trenched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenched%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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