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  • present participle of fence.
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fencing

[fen-sing] / ˈfɛn sɪŋ /
NOUN
foils
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Alas, that victory was aided by a pair of crashes suffered by Kuss, the beloved Coloradan who was lucky to be saved by temporary fencing as he curled around a rocky descent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 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

There's no planning permission yet, and Rama's government says an environmental impact assessment has not even begun, but fencing and bulldozers have been seen on the site.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

On Monday, McFarlane and two friends were outside the fencing, leaning against the metal barriers in front of the Department of Agriculture, which faces the National Mall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The more my mother read about the Columbia High School team and the sport of fencing, the more boxes it checked off her list.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Ha! ha! my dearest," thought he, "I knew, notwithstanding all your beautiful startings and fencings, that matters would come to this.

From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

These word fencings had begun, of course, as a child would naturally have begun them, with the stilted sentences and high-flown remarks which she had lifted from Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo

A great new boon to the home gardener they are, these wire fencings and nettings.

From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington

Preventive fencings with the foul intent Occult, by him observed and foiled betimes, Let fool historians chronicle as crimes.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

His blockings, hedgings, and fencings have spoiled the expanse of hillside and vale in much the same manner as in Albion.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)




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