Example Sentences

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The developer’s footprint proposes excavation and trenching over identified Indigenous Traditional Cultural Properties, historic and archaeological resources and access to exercise ceremonial practices and treaty-gathering rights.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

Thanks to his horse pasture, he had plenty of open space available for the digging and trenching required to install the pipes.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

They were used to using machinery and trenching and those skills were transferrable to cemeteries.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2022

“He started trenching, picking, and ordered up drilling,” said Mr. Kabongo.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

Tools for emergency, tow lines, a small block and tackle, a trenching tool and crowbar, tools for making and fixing and improvising.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck