barbed
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“Eventually, Mr. Seaver’s residence had a no-trespassing sign in the front yard and barbed wire draped across the handrails leading to the front door,” the filing alleged.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Sensory organs in their eight feet and two antenna-like palps sense heat or carbon dioxide from people passing by, and they quickly climb aboard, piercing the flesh with long, barbed mouthparts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
To access the trees, he had to climb over a barbed wire fence and use a small step, joking that he did not want to rip his trousers.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Polish and German soldiers worked for five weeks at the frontier to dig trenches, lay barbed wire and place long lines of concrete barriers known as "hedgehogs" across the landscape.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
They grew and grew, twisting and turning toward me, and too late I realized they were slender branches, thin itchy switches with barbed hooks.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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