as in touched (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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The plan to give noncitizens the right to vote in city and school board elections seemed to have momentum, until the council abruptly reversed course.
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Ronaldo had also seemed to get that first knockout goal just minutes earlier, but he was called offside.
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In 2021, Jeremy Scott made a series of tailored potato sack dresses for Moschino, woven from a linen blend that resembled burlap.
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Early footage mostly resembled Salmon Run, a horde-style co-op mode introduced in Splatoon 2.
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“Trenched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenched%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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