Example Sentences

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The local authority, Islington Council, said it was fencing off the site to protect the art and residents from the impact of visitors.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Some 650 miles of barriers were eventually erected, though only about 350 miles was fencing.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2023

The sport was fencing, and Ibtihaj—her friends call her Ibti—began competing at thirteen.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2016

He told her Hungary was fencing off its southern border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2015

I was fencing a line at the southeast edge of my claim, right where it butted up against Karl and Perilee’s.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson