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ragged edge



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The last few years I've been off balance, right on the ragged edge of my technique where that if I have to push a little bit more, I lose it.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

But this sleek atmosphere conceals a ragged edge.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Firefighters driving bulldozers straightened the ragged edge of a fire line that had been gouged out by firefighters to keep the Bootleg Fire from spreading further east, the firefighting command center said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

This keeps the paint from tearing and creating a ragged edge.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2020

He’d been trying not to look beyond the ragged edge of the backyard to the bulldozed mess of branches, trunks, leaves, and mud that had once been his beloved woods.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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