as in touches (on)
to come very close to being
that response trenches on outright rudeness
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Others have expressed their frustration at how Collinsworth seems to be over-the-top with his accolades for Mahomes.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025 -
In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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One of her pieces, which resembles ancient Egyptian stones, depicts Vanessa Williams dancing at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The fountain, which resembles a tumbling mess of boxy concrete tubes, some nearly forty feet high, has long been controversial.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Trenches (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenches%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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