The weight of his body pulled down the bottom strand of wire, pinning it against the snowy ground and creating a small gap in the fence.

WSJ: Escape From a North Korean Prison

At one point, he came upon a five-strand run of barbed wire healed into the bodies of live oaks, and he slowed, took a breath, and stopped the car.

NEWYORKER: Idols

Like the copper cable, it would be buried in the ground--but a strand the diameter of a human hair could carry thousands of times more information than the copper wire.

FORBES: The Trials Of Amory Houghton Jr.