barbed
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Higdon rolled under a barbed wire fence to escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Ann Widdecombe was pugnacious, charismatic, barbed and yes, had a sense of silliness too.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The album was preceded in May by “Rough and Twisted,” a wandering blues number with riffs like barbed wire, and “In the Stars,” which softens arena rock with polished backing vocals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
There had been unrest at the location during an initial protest in late May against preparatory onsite work during installation of barbed wire to cordon off the area.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
It was a barbed arrow-head in my breast; it tore me when I tried to extract it; it sickened me when remembrance thrust it farther in.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing barbed
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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