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trenches (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of trench (on)

as in touches (on)

to come very close to being that response trenches on outright rudeness

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The current streak seems likely to reach four as the Browns stubbornly give Deshaun Watson one more go in the final year of Watson’s albatross of a contract.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
San Ángel Zurumucapio, a hamlet of 6,000 with P’urhépecha indigenous roots, is the kind of place where everybody seems to be distant relatives, and where the social calendar revolves around the big rodeos held every few months.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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The birria Mexican pizza, which resembles a giant quesadilla, is one of the new food and beverage options at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
At a punishing 273km (170 miles), the World Championship parcours always resembles a Monument.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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