as in touching (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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resembling
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The Herald asked for spreadsheets, too — and got only fragments of data, none more recent than 2021, none resembling any sort of tracking system.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Hawass noted the area has been extensively studied and excavated for decades without finding anything resembling a second monument.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Trenching (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenching%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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