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V was joined by his bandmate Jungkook, who talked about a shin injury he has been dealing with during the tour, saying he was "on the verge of developing a stress fracture".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Tattoo artist Andres Hernandez said he was worried about his family and friends, adding that he would stay awake because structures around him were "on the verge of collapsing."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

What he did at those Olympic Games 90 Augusts ago—and what it signified to a world on the verge of a global war that would cancel the Olympics until 1948—still resounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

They say Snell and Glasnow are both on the verge of returning from what has essentially been season-long injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Wrinkles puckered his forehead; his eyes blinked anxiously; and he seemed on the verge of bursting into tears.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

The film is such a Christmas perennial it verges on the liturgical, and why not?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

"When you walk past the verges and see them all being left as they should be, it's brilliant," Taylor said.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

And at times “Kenrex” verges on caricature in its depiction of rural life as a lawless Wild Midwest, garnished by such down-home delicacies as “a deep fried barbecue chili cheese dog with bacon crumbles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

As he’s classically rendered, Soames verges on unpalatable.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

I pushed against the earth, trying to stand, and found my fingers tangled among the cool, waxy leaves of the mallow plant that clung to the marshy verges of the river.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Belgium’s outrage ahead of its match against the Americans verged on disbelief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

A questionable outlet, the company obtained the results through a methodology so shady it verged on outright dishonesty: They used a definition of “tradwife” that bears no resemblance to the term’s actual meaning.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

More goals are being scored, but the amount of pushing and pulling has at times verged on the farcical.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

He was aware of the lingering reticence of the eastern men and seemed hell-bent on winning them with flattery that verged on unction—a tactic that Louis Sullivan had known Burnham to deploy with great effect.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The re-created history, which is where many historical documentaries fail, looks good, and the scenes the writers conjure up are well done, if verging sometimes on melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

These landscapes, portraits and figures, often verging on pastiche, present an academic artist rather than a painter: too much mind, not enough heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Sear the thighs skin-side down in a wide skillet until the fat renders and the skin turns deeply golden, verging on bronze.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

The audience in the Capitol will be getting bored, claiming that these Games are verging on dullness.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins