verging

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We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

Its writer Daniel Welsh said: "The glossy sheen of the show and its stacked cast might make you think it's verging on 'so bad it's good' territory, but it's really just a boring dud."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

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

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

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