fringe
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Those on the practice squad are typically fringe NFL players, who may not make an active roster in their career.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Arsenal, meanwhile, have only sold fringe players Leandro Trossard, Jakub Kiwior and Christian Norgaard, while signing first-teamers Bruno Guimaraes and Christos Tzolis, and recruiting last season's loanee Piero Hincapie on a permanent deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The lack of the main UK parties in the by-election gave dozens of fringe candidates including Binface a chance to seize the spotlight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Chainlink necklaces, lace headpieces and even fringe bangs become a form of armor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The lashes made a dark, curved fringe above the hollows of his cheeks.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Paul Robinson: Spurs had a shocker last season but this time they are on the fringes of the Champions League places, without a doubt.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some of these "fringes" measure only slightly more than 20 kilometers across.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
His BBC documentary series sees him travel to the world's most dangerous places, interviewing young men who live on the fringes of society.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
During the fall the show moved from one vacant lot to another, staying always within the fringes of the city limit, until at last it had encircled the town.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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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
As the sky darkened over the white stucco church framed in palm trees and the dry peaks of the San Bernardino Mountains, fringed teenagers made their way inside, shaking their limbs and chattering in excitement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
"History will hold them accountable," says the commander, who has a handle-bar moustache and wears a green fringed scarf around his neck.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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
There is a heavy feeling in my chest Connor looks up at me, his warm brown eyes fringed by his long eyelashes.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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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
Others nestle under trees fringing a river or a lake.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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