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[fens] / fɛns /






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Other upgrades to the park are also in the works, including an iron fence that would encircle the green space.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Behind him, a sign on a fence reads "Private Property."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 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

Almost immediately, Spanish lawmakers started to debate a taller fence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

As if the trees weren’t an adequate barrier, a metal fence surrounds the approach, decorated with rolls of barbed wire.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"We moved our cows, and opened up all our fences to give them access," said the 54-year-old.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Instead, over the last five years, it has turned the historic stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard into a nuisance, a ghost-town construction site with vandalized fences and barricades sitting for years on end.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

There’s already evidence that at least some Democrats are trying to mend fences.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

They complained that a gate and fences have already gone up at the site.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

So here I was ruining back and hands, picking rocks and building my own wobbly rock fences while Mr. Whiskers chased after the garter snakes I scared up.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

There is also a sizable swimming pool overlooking a fenced, lighted tennis court, as well as a serene pond with a charming bridge pathway running over it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

But many cannot survive in the true wild, where large-scale predator control remains an endless battle, and are instead sent to fenced nature reserves, themselves high-maintenance undertakings facing problems like in-breeding and overpopulation.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Four days after the council vote, Leslie Ridings and Horton of the residents association stood outside the fenced off lot as two men with the group Vincor Construction ambled about driving stakes into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

"We were afraid, my house is very close, but they told us they would be in a fenced area and then move deep inside the forest," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

We fenced them out of the fields, but never into a pasture; we had no pastures.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Smiley said he spoke to Mayor Karen Bass multiple times in the wake of the town hall, and on Monday, city crews showed up to clean up fencing along the corridor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

It added, “The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Unlike traditional warehouse automation, which relies on fixed conveyor systems and permanent infrastructure, autonomous mobile robots can be deployed simply using QR code floor markers and safety fencing.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to visit the frontier zone on Wednesday, where workers have in recent weeks taken down the old chain-link fencing between Gibraltar and Spain.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

I wondered if “awkward” was a synonym for “the most painful thing ever” in the fencing world, but I didn’t say anything about my throbbing legs out loud.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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