wire

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There had been unrest at the location during an initial protest in late May against preparatory onsite work during installation of barbed wire to cordon off the area.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

The pressure on a wire lying 12,000 feet beneath the water’s surface was intense, its effects unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Protesters clashed with private security guards on Saturday in the region after gathering to register their anger at newly installed barbed wire blocking access to the beach.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Barbed wire had been developed by American ranchers to keep cattle from breaking through fences.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman