verge
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A person may even warn us by crying for help or, as Cathy does, advising those on the verge of falling into her trap to turn back.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
This was when Schmitt, believing he was on the verge of a slam dunk, accused Smith of perjury.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
The most improbable victory was on the verge, and Summer was about to miss it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Scotland's waste sector is on the verge of a crisis which could see rubbish piling up on the streets, experts have warned.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Certainly not someone on the verge of drowning.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
We like a very early dinner that verges on being a very late lunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
He also has a tendency to get starry-eyed around big-name pitchers; his awe of Mr. Skubal verges on sycophantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Releasing a film like “Michael” into that universe isn’t bold; it verges on idiotic.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Residents of Hotham and North Cave, in East Yorkshire, say bags full of empty bottles have been turning up on grass verges for months.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
He gives a charming picture of Atalanta among the hunters which I have put into my account, but often, as in the description of the boar, he is so exaggerated, he verges on the ridiculous.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
The energy, the motion, the kavorka forever verged on chaos.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
Sterling also missed a one-on-one in the first half and when Pochettino took off Mykhailo Mudryk moments later, the atmosphere verged on mutinous.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024
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
Does it mean men’s tennis is verging on another Big Three?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
Professional scientific activities and information and communications did well, which chimes with a lot of strong investment news, verging on boom territory in the UK AI and tech sector, nicknamed "Britmaxxing".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Now Wang Lung had heard here and there that for the House of Hwang it had been a year verging upon poverty.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
Vocabulary lists containing verge
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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