as in touches (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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That guy selling records seems pretty cool.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026 -
The mid-tournament tweak seems to be working.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Corrigan said the race between Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX resembles in some ways the rush by startups to go public in the early internet era.—
Matt O'Brien,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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On the surface, the campaign resembles a traditional marketing roadshow.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Trenches (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenches%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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