trenches
/ (ˈtrɛntʃɪz) /
a system of excavations used for the protection of troops, esp those (the Trenches) used at the front line in World War I
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Comedians are in the trenches, the ones that get out of the trenches are ones in trouble.
Researchers are also exploring how deep-sea trenches bury carbon and other chemicals in the seafloor.
Lost Ocean Rover Leaves Gap in Biology and Alzheimer's Research | Beenish Ahmed | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it is often in the trenches that the truth is most apparent.
Soon troops from both sides exited the trenches, met their enemies in peace and even agreed not to fire on one another.
Blood and Mud: A French Soldier’s WWI Memoir Vividly Describes Trench Warfare | Marc Wortman | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn display in the showroom were elegant women in long black pants and finely lapelled jackets and trenches.
By bad luck d'Amade was away, up in the front trenches, and I could not well deliver myself to des Coigns.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHe insists on my going round the French trenches and sent a capitaine de la Fontaine along with me.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonBy the time we had passed along the whole of the French second line and part of their front line trenches, I had had about enough.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAgain visited Headquarters 29th Division, and afterwards walked through the trenches of the 87th Brigade.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
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