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Borrow a few inches from the precarious ledge beside the table.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

"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

At first, it was just the two boys in the backseat who sat on the window ledge as it proceeded eastbound, according to Shahsavani, who estimated the pair were 12 to 14 years old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

Belet slid across the floor and clasped the tub as it tottered on the ledge.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

The ledges of snow form in strong winds and overhang the edges of steep slopes and can be difficult to spot.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

And instead of nailing my art to the walls, I had multiple ledges installed that allow me to move pieces around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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

Candles on the window ledges lit his way and he noticed all the different smells . . . strange spices, extinguished fires and burning cedar, sweets, powders, and perfumes.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

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

The fisherman sits paddling in the stern, keeping the ledged side towards the bank and leaning over so as to cause the said ledge to be almost level with the water.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Sir W. H. (William Hood) Treacher

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 William Fairham

Yet there is, unseen, this overshadowed, overhung, sordid mountain population, ledged on the slopes and in the crevices.

From Twilight in Italy by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The road came gently winding up to us, from what was evidently two villages ledged one above the other upon the steep summit of the south slope.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

We ran 300 yards down the road to find a ledging, overhead shelf throwing onto a shallow rock bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dee Why-The critical, sucking, ledging point break anchors Sydney's northern beaches.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Each section is completely different from the others, from mushy open faces to ledging closeout barrels.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a climb the ledging summit Of the hill is reached in glee.

From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice