edging

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The Knicks had swept the favored Spurs in their home barn, edging closer to a long-forlorn franchise’s first championship since Nixon was huddling with Haldeman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A recent study by the Economist showed that 10% of Americans now rank soccer as their favorite sport, making it the third most popular behind football and basketball and narrowly edging out America’s pastime, baseball.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Oil prices were edging up early Monday as Iran said it would end military operations against Israel following an exchange of strikes.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A title shot for Itauma is edging closer, although Usyk has previously ruled out facing him.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë