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barbed

[bahrbd] / bɑrbd /


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So who is the father of barbed wire?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Thai flags flapped in the breeze and barbed wire lay scattered in Klong Paeng, another border village on the Thai military trip.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

“I’m leaving here even more concerned than I was when I arrived,” Padilla said, as the detention facility, surrounded by barbed wire, loomed behind him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

A woman waiting for endometriosis treatment has said the pain she experiences is like having barbed wire in her body.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

His team would spend several days with the men in the village, inside the fence made of enormous bamboo stakes or barbed wire.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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