concertina
Example Sentences
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Behind the concertina wire encircling the bases, Germans could experience American bowling alleys and drive-in theaters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Most agreed with him that it was a racing incident, the sort of thing that can happen at this first corner, with its wide, uphill entry which inevitably leads to a concertina effect mid-turn.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
After weeks of desperation, migrants pass a toddler under a tangle of concertina wire strung across the edge of U.S. soil.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
They were headed, about 150 of them, for the demilitarized zone: the narrow buffer strip between North and South Korea that is heavily guarded by concertina wire and rifle-toting soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
“He never wanted to go anywhere either. Always sitting under that elm on the hill, playing that concertina and dreaming the days away. And what happened?”
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Vocabulary lists containing concertina
Musical Instruments - Middle School
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Musical Instruments - High School
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