berm

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Satellite images show that troops started to construct a massive berm - a raised sand barrier - around the perimeter of el-Fasher, sealing off access routes and blocking aid.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Between the outpost and the ruins rises a sand berm about two stories high and topped with barbed wire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Earlier this year, the militia tightened its hold on El Fasher by walling it off with a sand berm, according to satellite photos published in August by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

He misfired on an 89 mph four-seamer that was deposited onto the left-field berm for a solo home run.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

There was a knee-high berm of snow directly in front of him and then a trail where patrolling guards had tramped it down.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden