as in touched (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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Inside, the ornately elegant venue may have seemed like an unlikely setting for Junior H’s melancholy corridos tumbados.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026 -
The boys seemed less taken with the view and more focused on how tall the top of the Pennybacker Bridge is, if anyone had ever jumped off it, and how far the road was from the water.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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The version of Peterson that showed up resembled what KU fans have clamored for much of this season.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
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Indicating that anything resembled the tactics and smears of the late senator from Wisconsin has been enough to suggest that such behavior was out of bounds, with no rightful place in our modern politics.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Trenched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenched%20%28on%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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