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fence

[fens] / fɛns /






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Then, two batters later, Freeman turned on an inside sinker and sent it over the right-field fence — where Dubón had no chance to track it down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

He stayed back on a fastball and crushed it to deep left field, on a trajectory to just clear the short fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Dozens of locals, some equipped with binoculars and long-lensed cameras, gathered near the air base's perimeter fence to watch the highly anticipated arrival of the jets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

My favorite detail is that his last dinger came at Georgia Tech—and even then it required the ball bouncing off the outfielder’s glove to clear the fence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Glenn slung a leg over the fence and strolled back my way.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

This weekend — the first that the museum was open to the public — fences covered in plastic greenery blocked entry to the plaza from both sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Along the boundary with China, Kim's government has erected fences and installed cameras as well as strips of sand that preserve the footprints of anyone who crosses.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Clearly, the fences weren't robust enough, and that is exactly what she says we are seeing with AI guardrails right now.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Such materials could improve protection for cultural heritage sites, cars, major structures, and even ordinary garden fences.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

In the here-and-now those fences are all about keeping people in.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Their sites are bare ground, fenced off from the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 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

The iconic tule elk, some of which were fenced in on the northern part of the peninsula to keep them from competing for grassland with cows, were dying off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

At the end of her fenced yard were planks, a sawhorse, and a big circular saw.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

According to the spokesman, legal action by Buckinghamshire Council had resulted in security fencing being removed.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Our U.S. employees turn bare metal into products like aircraft components, fencing, windows, accessibility ramps, truck bodies, solar racking and thousands of other products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

On Thursday, she was at the site and told the station temporary chain link fencing was being put up, with a more permanent fence being installed Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

“All fencing takes place on this strip. If you step off the strip, or get pushed off, game over. Got that?”

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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