berm

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Among the U.S. servicemembers massed near the berm between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was Mark Hertling, a pensive Army major on his first combat deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Satellite images show that troops started to construct a massive berm - a raised sand barrier - around the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and blocking aid.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Earlier this year, the militia tightened its hold on El Fasher by walling it off with a sand berm, according to satellite photos published in August by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

They have also installed thousands of sandbags, K-rails and compost filter socks — a type of berm — to keep dangerous debris from flowing into storm drains and out into the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Guarded by sheer walls on three sides, its soldiers had only to watch the fourth side, across which was an earthen berm.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann