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edge

[ej] / ɛdʒ /






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The smell hits first, garlic and char on skewered meat, chiles brushed over buns, oyster sauce mingling with the syrupy edge of black vinegar on sizzling noodles.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

"Every Antarctic mission demands absolute precision, but winter operations raise the complexity significantly," he said "The conditions we encountered were right on the edge of even the most specialised aircraft capability."

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

White Sands is unique in that commercial planes cannot fly over it, allowing officials to test highflying weapons, including ones that could reach the edge of space.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Add a sudden pulse of hydrogen peroxide and many cancer cells tip over the edge: their DNA and energy machinery are damaged and they die.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

With his right hand he reached for the notch above his head, and dug deep with the jagged edge of the antler.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

For the first time, scientists were able to resolve extremely fine, fringe-like structures along the edges of these granules.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

ByteDance also released one called Seed3D 2.0 in April, which it says improves on details that are hard for AI tools to get right, such as sharp edges and thin walls.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

“Then, I start with loops around the edges and work my way in,” he continued.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The biggest hits sand down the rough-hewn edges of Mama’s metaphorical front porch to up their resale value, perhaps never funnier than Luke Bryan’s bullet-point summer vacation on “Fish, Hunt, Golf, Drink.”

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

I practically choke on my own saliva—the lines, edges, and indentations of my palm pattern are now crackling orange, like embers on a grill.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

There was little warning that an eye‑catching scoreline was coming, given John Lyall's Division One leaders had only edged the first‑leg tie 2-1 at Fourth Division Bury.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Oil prices edged higher, with Brent crude up 1.3% to $83.55 a barrel, as investors awaited updates from Iran-Oman talks on managing Strait of Hormuz traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

World number 37 Norrie edged the tie-break and then ran away with the deciding set to complete victory in two hours and 52 minutes.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Anxieties about the AI trade weighed on tech-focused Nasdaq-100 futures while the broad Dow edged higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Their bright-red hair is out in full effect, and they wear coordinating outfits the warm blue of a twilight sky, edged in pinks and yellows.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The unemployment rate has barely budged, edging up from 4% in January 2025 to a still-low 4.1% as of July, although job growth has slowed markedly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Curtis Jones' move to Inter Milan looks to be edging closer with Liverpool open to a sale around the £35m mark.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The quiet buyer is edging toward the exit.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

China’s surveyed urban jobless rate stood at 5.0% last month, edging down from May’s 5.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He hated edging through the crack – it reminded him of the cave -but when he got to the other side, he gasped.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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