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fringe

[frinj] / frɪndʒ /


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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

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

Ira stood defiant before him, uttering no denial, fingers plucking at the fringe of her sari.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

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

Some of its advocates have been on the fringes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

It was a small campus, with narrow brick walkways and white pillared buildings, located on the fringes of what seemed to be an even smaller town.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

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

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

“Irri, bring the green tokar, the silk one fringed with Myrish lace.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Halfway over the still misty fields he stopped to load his gun, then walked quietly toward the cover of the alders fringing the little lake.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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