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fringe

[frinj] / frɪndʒ /


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That also means major outgoings for fringe players like Leon Bailey or Evann Guessand - back in training after the World Cup with the Ivory Cost - are not necessarily expected while Villa are away.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

And there’s likely a good reason for that: The term is typically only deployed by those comfortable being relegated as fringe, and Lamb seeks broad popularity.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

“The once habitual ‘big night out’ has become an increasingly fringe activity,” Imogen Willetts writes in “Up All Night,” her lively history of nightclubs through the ages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But local plumber Kenyon's campaign was dogged by past offensive remarks about women, while the fringe hard-right Restore Britain party dented Reform's vote by snagging nearly 7 percent of returns.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

There, near the fringe of the forest, tall spires of curling black smoke went up, wavering and floating towards them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

In “Self-Portrait With Necklace,” a string of blue jadestones rests on Kahlo’s bare neck, above the fringes of a lace blouse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The film arrives at a time when discussions about unidentified aerial phenomena, government transparency and artificial intelligence have moved from the fringes of popular culture into mainstream debate.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

We’re seeing the fringes of electronic music rise, and very heavy rock music rise.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

They took place on the fringes of the Malian capital Bamako and in several towns and cities across the sprawling Sahel nation.

From Barron's Apr. 26, 2026

Roy scoured the fringes, looking for a trail or some human sign.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Woven baskets, checkered blankets, fringed umbrellas and trimmed napkins prove picnic classics never go out of style.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Carrying loved ones and a handful of quickly snatched belongings, families trekked along narrow paths slick with mud and fringed by dense greenery, heading to relative safety.

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

A classic grazing meadow, fringed by beech trees.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2025

The modest white stucco building was fringed with dead grass.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2025

The sky was a tapestry of gold and crimson, fringed by the deepest indigo to the east.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Sat behind a fringing machine at the mill, Hyslop, 28, deftly ran a dark cashmere fabric destined for a Spanish luxury brand through its frame, twisting the ends of the cloth into fringes.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The double-sided style is finished with chunky fringing and, even better, large rectangular pockets.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2025

The world's largest fringing reef and another of Australia's Unesco World Heritage Sites, it is home to a lush oceanic forest that spreads out along the coast for hundreds of kilometres.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2025

After 10 days underway from New Zealand, the Araon reached the sea ice fringing Antarctica.

From Science Magazine Apr. 18, 2024

Then they turned south again, following a dirt road through open woods and into a marshy area fringing Lake Washington.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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