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Fellow retiree Ben Garcia did succeed with the boot, however, as he kicked the extras in the aftermath of Lis' try on the verge of the full-time hooter.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Universal Studios Hollywood is on the verge of officially opening Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, and Knott’s Berry Farm this summer unveiled the refurbished Montezooma: The Forbidden Fortress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now it seems as if one of pop’s hottest acts is on the verge of implosion.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Annnnnnnd the cords of muscle in his forearm look on the verge of popping through his skin.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

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

Lower land costs and an expectation of a lesser or in fact no need for Buckinghamshire-style tunnels and verges would mean a much lower cost per mile of track.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Releasing a film like “Michael” into that universe isn’t bold; it verges on idiotic.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 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

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

On social media, the schadenfreude has verged on gleeful, with the public picking up on even the smallest references to confirm their priors and their thirst for justice is palpable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

She had maintained, too, her old way of holding her head in a manner that verged on the defiant.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

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

“She’s off Snapchat and Insta. I’m verging on hostile, so I thought I’d call and see what you know.”

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart