fence
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No participant is deemed too insignificant—down to the man who drove a tractor through a border fence that day.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
There was a home run by Alemany’s Maverick Cederline when he simply hit the ball in the air and it went for a home run thanks to wind over the center-field fence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
They then decided to scale the fence rather than go back into heavy smoke.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
I swing my feet through the middle part of the fence and sit on the bottom rung of wood, hanging my arms over the top.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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"The History Teacher" by Billy Collins
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Unit 9
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