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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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But the ever-tactical Sinestro seems to have some other knowledge that might be useful to Hal.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Outrageousness seems to be the point of these battles, which have no apparent criteria, judges, or rules.

— Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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Before every inning, the right-hander finds a focal point in the stadium, generally something that resembles a zero.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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