verging

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Sentiment gauges based on other inputs were suggesting that investors’ confidence might be verging on complacency.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

A plant that was once romantic is now, some fear, verging on the apocalyptic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Hampden was verging on turning toxic when Greece slammed in a deserved opener after an hour of domination.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

“You get people who are verging on psychopathy and you get people who are just troubled.”

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë