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  • adjective Without trenches.

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trench +‎ -less

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Examples

  • - Install a "trenchless" line, digging holes at each end of the sewer and then pulling a new plastic liner through the existing pipe.

    SFGate: Top News Stories sweatequity@sfchronicle.com (Bill Burnett 2011

  • Her department is now threatening Xcel with a $1 million fine unless the company comes up with a comprehensive plan to list all the "trenchless" gas lines Xcel has installed around the state.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2010

  • Her department is now threatening Xcel with a $1 million fine unless the company comes up with a comprehensive plan to list all the "trenchless" gas lines Xcel has installed around the state.

    News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2010

  • Her department is now threatening Xcel with a $1 million fine unless the company comes up with a comprehensive plan to list all the "trenchless" gas lines Xcel has installed around the state.

    Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2010

  • Her department is now threatening Xcel with a $1 million fine unless the company comes up with a comprehensive plan to list all the "trenchless" gas lines Xcel has installed around the state.

    Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2010

  • -- Install a "trenchless" line, digging holes at each end of the sewer and then pulling a new plastic liner through the existing pipe.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Conrad explains, "Its most innovative product is its fast-growing 'trenchless' repair service to aging and cracked pipes."

    BloggingStocks 2009

  • Conrad explains, "Its most innovative product is its fast-growing 'trenchless' repair service to aging and cracked pipes."

    BloggingStocks 2009

  • "trenchless" boring, in which utility lines are laid underground without disruptive - and costly - excavation.

    News By Tad Vezner 2010

  • Gas lines that have been moved or installed using a trenchless process can accidentally be bored through sewer pipes.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

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