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trenching (on)

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present participle of trench (on)

as in touching (on)

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

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The contrast with Arsenal, a picture of stability, has dampened hopes of anything even remotely resembling a title race.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But the film was just one component of a larger interactive media project that includes an actual website resembling the fake news site seen in the film.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

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