edges

Example Sentences

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Nearby, dusty sacks of potatoes are piled along the field edges, some loaded onto trucks, others left to sit for weeks, as farmers gamble on prices that rarely improve.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

She implies the kind of complex personhood that all women have, in a way that slightly edges out Streep’s reliability.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Some pitchers believe the realities of ABS has also impacted them on the edges of the plate, even though officially the strike zone in those areas hasn’t shifted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Mantel disagrees, saying Inside Safe and other homeless housing efforts are marginally effective and only “tinkering around the edges of the problem.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

I am thinking about the drawing of the boardinghouse, and of my window, and how there was light glowing from around the edges of my curtain.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse