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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

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

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

Rods of white and yellow stone hung thickly from the roof, but the black and shining floor below the ledge on which they stood was as smooth as glass.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

"Cracks have appeared, elements such as ledges, rubble and walls have fallen and damage has been reported in some buildings," Andalusian emergency services said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 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

Weeds poked up from neglected garden beds and dozens of orange sandbags sat on ledges and columns, for no apparent reason.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

A few small ledges jutted out here and there, but Annabeth saw nothing on them—just strands of spider silk dripping over the sides like Christmas tinsel.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

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 D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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 Stephen Sydney Reynolds

The mortar is taken up in a hod or hoisted in pails and deposited on ledged boards about 3 ft. square, placed on the scaffold at convenient distances apart along the line of work.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Promenaders promenaded in and out of the corridor, and up and down the corridor, and nobody troubled to glance twice either at the heavy-lipped, solitary girl or at the ledged couples.

From The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

"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 Arnold Bennett