barbed
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By figuring out how to economically mass produce barbed wire, Glidden certainly solved a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
A collection of small, wall-mounted sculptures, he combined fragments of found and recycled steel and welded them into forms of chains, sharp tools, barbed wire and other metal objects.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
On opposite sides of the makeshift barricade, fronted by coils of barbed wire, Cambodians lamented their lost homes and livelihoods as Thailand's military showed off its gains.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
A woman waiting for endometriosis treatment has said the pain she experiences is like having barbed wire in her body.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
They passed the electrical fence topped with coiled barbed wire, the wooden barracks, the guard towers, and a redbrick building with huge chimneys.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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