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fringe

[frinj] / frɪndʒ /


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The outlet was a fringe one, my boss at the Moscow Times and I agreed, so I put it out of my mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But that was at a fringe meeting on the sidelines of the main event.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

I stood quietly in the doorway in my black sheath and my black stole with the fringe, yellower than ever, but expecting less.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

All the memes and merch exist on the movie’s fringes.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Angelenos avoided the most significant impacts of Hurricane Marie over the Labor Day weekend, but the region continued to soak up the fringes of the storm Sunday, according to meteorologists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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

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

Prolific costume designer Bob Mackie, whose dynamic sparkling and fringed creations dressed pop culture superstars such as Cher, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

Ellie Saab and Louis Vuitton's neon fringed and tasselled dresses and trousers also stood out, as models sashayed down the catwalk in their designs.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

Charley, having explored the area, sat at my feet, his fringed ears blowing like laundry on a line.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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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