fringe
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On the fringe of the rotation, he said he didn’t let it bother him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Dobson told the court on Friday he first met Brand around 1999, and wrote music for a fringe event Brand was part of at the conference.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
There were handheld American flags on skinny sticks, midsize ones to display on a wall and majestic formal flags adorned with silky gold fringe.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
The wild duck rests there and the Canada goose, for this is a fringe of the central migratory flyway.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
It’s more people that are on the fringes, I guess — Jason Isbell or Sturgill Simpson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Russian forces have edged close to the city's eastern fringes, which has prompted calls for the civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
All the memes and merch exist on the movie’s fringes.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
It's an approach that has become especially vital in the "urban fringes", says superintendent Andrew Shurety from Fire and Rescue NSW.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
She had her two little granddaughters on either side of her, in pleated tartan skirts, stockings and identical fringes.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
The special effects team has done terrific work re-creating his body down to the creature’s fringed lashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
Boxy tweed boucle jackets with fringed trims and structured brightly coloured handbags were the order of day, with various materials including lace also on display.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The sleeping cabins sat on the curved sandy path that ran along the ridge above the dunes that fringed the beach.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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
The Mlothi was on the veld fringing Alexandra to the east, about half a mile from where we lived.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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