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Example Sentences

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This laid-back, cafe-laden ledge is located above the beaches and ancient ramparts where the Douro River pours through its last, lovely tributaries into the Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Blake Gwinn and Izaac Brook of RBC Capital Markets said Warsh’s authority would erode quickly if he went too far out on a ledge.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Yet collectively they suggest a frieze on an antique sarcophagus, aligned on the rosy ledge across the bottom of the painting, their heads forming a horizontal row with that of Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“Detectives quickly realized that the four suspects ... tight roped across a narrow ledge to a neighboring apartment balcony!”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

The required ten paces between contestants put them at the extreme ends of the ledge.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis