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After clearing swaths of torched aloe plants, he trenched in about 500 native plants that he said “will look spectacular in a few years.”

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Here, the military has marked out a stretch of land, surrounded by clearly defined trenches, where people can plant their crops.

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For example, “Pinky could conclude only that the strength of the floor diaphragm where the trench headers bisected the slab was inadequate.”

As the ice keeps vaporizing, it gradually slides downhill, carving a long, deep trench with ridges on either side.

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But Roberts had dug a trench and set a trap.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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