fence
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McKay climbed the back fence and tried to squeeze through an 8-by-12-inch doggie door that led to a back washroom.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Markets are somewhat sitting on the fence until we see the Federal Open Markets Committee’s statement and press conference,” said Jonathan Pryor, co-head of FX dealing at Marex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It will soon get the same 13-foot-tall fence the White House got during the first Trump administration.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bassam al-Assaf has installed a long barbed-wire fence around the compound and reinforced the school gates, to try and reassure parents.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
I put the stock to my shoulder and drew a bead on a fence post.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Such materials could improve protection for cultural heritage sites, cars, major structures, and even ordinary garden fences.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
They were also far more likely to strike out because they were literally swinging for the fences, a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It’s still unclear if the couple has mended all fences with the king and whether they’ll resume their royal duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Patios and areas without vegetation could create breaks between a fire and a home, while, on the other hand, sheds, decking, fences and dry plants could provide extra fuel to the fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Do you know about Google Earth? Where it’s like you’re looking down from above? Just look for the fences that were around that house!”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The team had tested public land around former landfill or industrial sites, she emphasised, rather than fenced off areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
On the Estonian side, antitank obstacles called dragon’s teeth are splayed along a small section of the riverbank, fenced in by barbed wire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The issue is that once-free premium features are fenced off at higher prices, and the more-cost-effective options work nowhere near as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then I went to track down my father, who had wandered a little distance from the fenced garden and was sitting against a tree trunk.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Homendy said she walked the path of destruction, seeing the tire marks cut through the grass outside the runway—and navigation equipment, air bags and fencing strewn over the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
"We used to lay electric fencing before the GPS collars came in," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nearby fields were littered with broken deckchairs, scraps of fiberglass insulation and pieces of wire fencing ripped apart by the fierce winds that struck the village and its surroundings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
I can’t see his face, but he paces in a circle like he did when fencing Danny.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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