fringe
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I’ve worked at Slate for almost an entire decade, writing frequently about fringe conspiracy theories from dark corners of the internet.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Spirostomum ambiguum is a giant single-celled ciliate, named for the fringe of hairlike cilia it uses to swim.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Despite the alarm bells, the view that AI could bring about our demise remains a fringe opinion among industry experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Key stars such as Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone and Nat Sciver-Brunt have been rested, which has presented opportunities to experiment with the likes of fringe players in Grewcock and Tilly Corteen-Coleman.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Antonapoulos always turned the wicks so that only a ragged fringe of gold and blue could be seen inside each burner.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
All the memes and merch exist on the movie’s fringes.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Heder remains interested in stories about outsiders, about class and people generally ignored by or on the fringes of society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead of hanging around the fringes of the NFL, Wright walked away from the pros—to go back to the college game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Some of these "fringes" measure only slightly more than 20 kilometers across.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Roy scoured the fringes, looking for a trail or some human sign.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Other tour boats skate around the limestone coast fringed with wind-blasted greenery.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Huge icicles fringed the entrance and the roof.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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
Dizziness edged with blue lights came fringing his forehead, and he knew that he would be fainting soon.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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