fencing wire
Britishnoun
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These objects include cooking stands made from fencing wire, cut up oil drums for metal sheeting to construct shelters, bullets and bomb fragments.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2022
Now. government shops sell fencing wire, machetes and other tools but charge high prices, with a roll of barbed-wire costing more than double the average monthly wage.
From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2011
I had snaked fencing wire up and down the underside of the fire escape outside my window, hiding it in the wild ivy that covered the side of the building.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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A posthole digger, shovels, a few bags of quick-set concrete, large buckets with lids, a role of fencing wire, pliers, and a couple of hammers were piled on the ground near the bushes.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Now they did strip off their shirts, for no other reason than to stay cool; their backs and ribs were marked where the fencing wire had whipped and stung them.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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