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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 car is bright yellow, long and slim, resembling a pencil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Some primates carried infants of another species in ways resembling adoption or caregiving, yet rough handling or neglect sometimes resulted in injury or death.

— Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026

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