as in touched (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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In a 1916 study, Navy soldiers seemed to better learn Morse code when it was played overnight.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026 -
Seattle receiver Golden Tate, after pushing off on the Packers’ Sam Shields (no flag was thrown, naturally), had made what seemed like a belated reach and put a single arm on the ball as Jennings fell to the ground.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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But Biden sought to demonstrate the importance of a peaceful transfer of power, even if it was conducted under conditions that resembled a security operation more than a civic celebration.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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This resembled the predator-prey systems seen in biology.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Trenched (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenched%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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