as in touching (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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Hidden in a square of Bissinger’s Gin & Tonic bar is a liquid center resembling the botanicals in gin and tonic.—
Angela Hansberger,
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29 Jan. 2026 -
Tyrell is the director of My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes (2018), long-listed for the Best Documentary Short, which has a mix of voiceover, animation and archival film resembling the style of The AI Doc.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Trenching (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenching%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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