verging

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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

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

With postwar guilt, he decried bratwurst, sauer- braten, and Konigsberger Klopse as dishes verging on poison.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides