barbed wire
Example Sentences
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Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Thai flags flapped in the breeze and barbed wire lay scattered in Klong Paeng, another border village on the Thai military trip.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
"The pain is excruciating, at its worst it's like barbed wire inside me and clinging to my organs. I am so ill I can often spend days in bed," Maguire said.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
The O’Smach building in which they were held was surrounded by high corrugated iron walls topped with barbed wire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Inside is a dead butterfly—one that fluttered over the barbed wire and into our classroom a year ago.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
