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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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One Baguette is covered in a kaleidoscopic geometric pattern of colorful beads; another resembles a tiny textile artwork in dusty pink, green, and turquoise.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
Add the butter and pulse until the butter is in very small beads and the mixture resembles cornmeal, 35 to 40¡pulses.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

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