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sunk fence

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Definition of sunk fence

as in ditch

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Perez drove away, lost control of his vehicle, crashed into a ditch and didn’t call police to report the crash, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Helen watched the ditches for pheasants but again there weren’t any.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
Its move past bohemian into bombers, blazers, trenches and zip-ups signals a category shift, not a seasonal moment, and the chocolate-brown palette flagged by Yahoo Shopping is neutral enough to carry into spring.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

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Bloomberg’s moat is not its AI capabilities but the ability to feed high-quality financial intelligence into AI systems continuously.

— Harsh Verma, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Most companies were incentivized to create defensive moats around their products once they were sold to prevent competition from replacing them.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

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