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  • n  ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

  • The zookeepers planted some trees, dug a moat, launched a waterfall, even hooked up a fiber-glass tree with an electric honey dispenser.
  • England's moat was back to the ways of peace; the Channel swimmer was on the job again.
  • From the alleged clearing of a moat (yes, a moat) to packets of dog food, PTI tracks the most outlandish claims made by MPs and paid for by the taxpayer.
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  • Barack Obama in FOXNews
    We're not going to draw a moat around the United States' economy. If we do that, then China is still trading, India is still going to be trading,said Obama, who voted against the recent Central American Free Trade Agreement and opposes the...
  • Stephen Sommers in NBC30.com
    He was in a moat that protected Castle Dracula,Sommers recalled with a laugh. "But after reading the first draft, I thought, 'You know, I'm kind of pushing it here. The thing about Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man is that they're all...
  • Warren Buffett in Sify
    A truly great business must have an enduring 'moat' that protects excellent returns on invested capital,Buffett said in Berkshire Hathaway's most recent annual letter.

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