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"We have a great country. We have a country that is under a little bit of a ledge right now," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Last week, Letterman visited Colbert’s show, where both men took to the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater and hurled CBS property off the ledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Tucked away in rural western Maryland, past a dead-end road cut off by railroad tracks, a stream runs cool and clear over a ledge dotted with snails.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
The boy and his group of friends were jumping off a six-metre rock ledge at Shark Beach, in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse, when the attack happened on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
And there he was, peering down from a cliff ledge.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Santa Monica resident Rojia Shahsavani said she witnessed three boys taking selfies and sitting on the open window ledges of a white Waymo that traveled from Santa Monica into West L.A. last Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Some tourists have resorted to hiding trash in hedges or leaving plastic bottles or cups on ledges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
In the covered outdoor corridors, Irhil and the other families have appropriated the space, setting up planters on ledges, a dish-washing station in a classroom sink, and clotheslines between the columns.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
One panel would have required ancient artists to climb and work precariously on narrow ledges, underscoring the sheer effort and significance of the imagery.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
And when he reached the granite ledges and looked across to Malaga, he could almost believe in hope and prayer.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Black bass are good with several ten plus pound fish happening every week found in creek beds, points, and ledged drops.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2020
It is used for nailing on framing to form partitions for rooms, offices, etc., for panelling corridors, etc., and for making framed and ledged doors, building tool houses, cycle sheds and other outhouses.
From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William
Ah, dark garden, dark garden, with your olives and your wine, your medlars and mulberries and many almond trees, your steep terraces ledged high up above the sea, I am leaving you, slinking out.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
Of its dimensions but little idea can be had; enough that it was a roomy, roughened interior, with ledged and broken walls and floor.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
Across the saucepan we ledged a sooty swivel, and on the swivel a black tin kettle which leaked slowly into the flame.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
We ran 300 yards down the road to find a ledging, overhead shelf throwing onto a shallow rock bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Each section is completely different from the others, from mushy open faces to ledging closeout barrels.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dee Why-The critical, sucking, ledging point break anchors Sydney's northern beaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Breaks best: May-September Type of wave: A surreal, ledging left that looks more like an avalanche or a tidal wave than anything you'd think was surfable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Dash it!" he said, first fumbling in one waistcoat pocket, and then ledging the portfolio against a step and fumbling in both waistcoat pockets simultaneously.
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold