trenches
Example Sentences
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This columnist’s three years in the trenches were the toughest yet most enlightening three years of my career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 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
Mamdani removed all of the advisers on the group’s board, which many on Wall Street and in the development trenches saw as a sign that he isn’t much interested in their opinions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
And that’s the result of a formidable quantity of skills acquired over half a century immersed in the rock ‘n’ roll trenches, whether as a listener, critic, producer, or active participant.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s actually kind of funny that years later, I would have to dig poop trenches in Oklahoma.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
