fence
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I have experience with ghostwriting on both sides of the editorial fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But as usual, he can’t help but break through the fence and run into traffic.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
McKay climbed the back fence and tried to squeeze through an 8-by-12-inch doggie door that led to a back washroom.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bassam al-Assaf has installed a long barbed-wire fence around the compound and reinforced the school gates, to try and reassure parents.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
As if the trees weren’t an adequate barrier, a metal fence surrounds the approach, decorated with rolls of barbed wire.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Clearly, the fences weren't robust enough, and that is exactly what she says we are seeing with AI guardrails right now.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Such materials could improve protection for cultural heritage sites, cars, major structures, and even ordinary garden fences.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Refillable water stations were provided at each of the two stages and lined the fences between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Tens of thousands scaled fences and swam around a breakwater separating Moroccan territory from Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Between the two fences of the runway the police were clearing the crowd along.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
An 81-year-old has won a three-year battle against a council that fenced across a gap in her garden wall her family had used as access for decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The issue is that once-free premium features are fenced off at higher prices, and the more-cost-effective options work nowhere near as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The iconic tule elk, some of which were fenced in on the northern part of the peninsula to keep them from competing for grassland with cows, were dying off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mariel and I had fenced countless times before.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
According to the spokesman, legal action by Buckinghamshire Council had resulted in security fencing being removed.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Homendy said she walked the path of destruction, seeing the tire marks cut through the grass outside the runway—and navigation equipment, air bags and fencing strewn over the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The department said fencing the space would allow the city better access to manage the park and oversee the property when it’s closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
I tried to keep up with Coach Mustilli’s instructions, tried to grab on to some of his obvious passion for saber fencing, but I still didn’t know if Coach had chosen the right person.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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