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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

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

As a viewer marches down the nave toward the high altar, the apostles also come into view, on a trompe l’oeil ledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The ledge along the wall now was barely two-thirds of the length of his foot.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell