barbed
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Higdon rolled under a barbed wire fence to escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Before Sánchez took office, he railed against the barbed wire fence crisscrossing Ceuta’s ridgeline, claiming Spain had a moral duty toward refugees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Working under the bridge's blue lights, dozens of Taiwanese army combat engineers assisted by cranes and trucks set up layers of concrete and steel barriers, barbed wire and Hesco walls along the nearly one-kilometre-long bridge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A quarter-mile roll of barbed wire has doubled, from $60 to $130.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
At any moment, Deydey’s mood could change to barbed annoyance.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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