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But in the era of AI-faked voices and persistent scammers, “Night Nurse” has a timely edge.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then, at 12 years old, after getting off the school bus, he recalled seeing "something coming round the edge of the mountain, in the distance".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In a separate speech on Wednesday, however, New York Fed President John Williams said: "There are encouraging reasons to expect that inflation has peaked and should edge down in coming quarters."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The resistance to artificial intelligence is growing—although one activist’s disappearance has the movement on edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
A slow, low thunder rumbles in the distance and a cooler breeze blows through, making the reeds that stand tall along the water’s edge sashay against the dock.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"There is value in having deadlines. There is value in having edges of the box you can't go past," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Twitter Democrats stuck by Platner, believing that he was a good avatar for working-class politics and that real voters wouldn’t care that he was rough around the edges.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Five-year JGB yield edges 1 bp lower to 1.970%; 10-year yield drops 2 bps to 2.740%, and 20-year yield falls 4 bps to 3.710%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
These special pathways allow electrons to travel along the edges of the material and are protected by the symmetry of the crystal lattice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ignoring me, Sela sat next to Auntie, a curtain of dark hair glowing red around the edges briefly blocking her face as she set her canvas bag on the ground.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Toronto edged out New Delhi and the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa as wildfire smoke turned the skies a hazy yellowish-grey in Canada's largest city.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In equity markets, U.S. tech futures largely rose after heavy selling Monday, though futures for the S&P 500 edged lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% lower, while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
London opened with gains but Paris and Frankfurt edged down.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Mrs. Clarke lifted the cover off the tray to reveal a decorated cake, edged with marzipan flowers and iced with the words Happy 16th Birthday Miss P. Lumley.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Miroslav Klose won it with five in 2006, as did Thomas Muller in 2010, edging out Diego Forlan, Wesley Sneijder and David Villa on assists.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The seed of Stellantis’s bet on Wayve was sown on a test ride in London, when the technology wowed the carmaker’s chief technology officer, Ned Curic, with its humanlike way of edging into flowing traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
They were competitive against Switzerland for most of that match and I can see them edging this.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Victims will also get more time to bring perpetrators to justice as part of a reform first presented in 2024 that is now edging closer to implementation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Er, looks like you’re a bit better then,” said Razi, edging off and sitting back on his heels.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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