edgy

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"The area we were collecting in is karst, so it's made of sharp, edgy limestone, and it's lost all of its natural soils," Riegler said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

A hotel’s older business travelers, for instance, might decide to stay elsewhere if they start seeing lots of young, edgy club members around the place, and vice versa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

This edgy approach has helped him amass more than 4 million subscribers on YouTube.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

By the early aughts, erstwhile edgy rock stars like Courtney Love and Nina Gordon swapped their torn fishnets and rumpled slip dresses for French manicures and blown-out coifs.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

As they walked, the sun sank lower, and Torak’s captors became edgy, pausing often to listen and look about them.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver