razor wire
noun
: coiled wire fitted with sharp razor edges and used as an obstacle or barrier
also
: concertina wire
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The killings are among a spate of attacks on Palestinian schools or schoolchildren in the West Bank in recent days, which have seen a school building razed to the ground and, in a separate incident, settlers putting up razor wire to block children as young as five from getting to school.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Down where the Pigeons toiled, two-foot piles of garbage cluttered blocks lined with storage-unit facilities, budget hotels, abandoned RVs and parking lots sealed with rusted razor wire.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
The prison, a low sprawl of concrete and razor wire that sits on the outskirts of the small town McLoud, was where Moss had spent virtually all her adult life.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Abbott has used that power before, including issuing a years-long border disaster under which the state took over a public park in Eagle Pass without the approval of the city and strung miles of razor wire along the Rio Grande, even on some private ranches.
—Benjamin Wermund, Houston Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2026
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Down where the Pigeons toiled, two-foot piles of garbage cluttered blocks lined with storage-unit facilities, budget hotels, abandoned RVs and parking lots sealed with rusted razor wire.
—Tim Craig The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
The prison, a low sprawl of concrete and razor wire that sits on the outskirts of the small town McLoud, was where Moss had spent virtually all her adult life.
—Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Abbott has used that power before, including issuing a years-long border disaster under which the state took over a public park in Eagle Pass without the approval of the city and strung miles of razor wire along the Rio Grande, even on some private ranches.
—Benjamin Wermund, Houston Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Razor wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/razor%20wire. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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