as in touched (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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However, there seemed to be more problems on the back end, especially with Blades and Sterlin out.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Once most of the ticker tape had been cleared from the pitch, and the game finally started, all this seemed to have rattled the Netherlands, who played an unusually physical brand of football, perhaps a precursor to their infamous 2010 final display against Spain.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Its shape naturally resembled a giant ramp.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Never has a rap show resembled a mid-2000s video game set in the Florida Keys swamp.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Trenched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenched%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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