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“We’re on the verge of something game-changing in Crypto and DeFi,” Steve Witkoff tweeted in early August 2024.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Unified with labor groups on the verge of striking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The diminishing returns of instant gratification might explain why catalogs are nearly always, according to trade publications and business journals, on the verge of a renaissance.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Manzambi was on the verge of joining Newcastle last week after the Magpies agreed a deal with Freiburg, but Villa moved quickly and was his preferred destination.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Try again, Richie,” said Mrs. Brisbane, who was on the verge of smiling herself.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

And at times “Kenrex” verges on caricature in its depiction of rural life as a lawless Wild Midwest, garnished by such down-home delicacies as “a deep fried barbecue chili cheese dog with bacon crumbles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

"The verges between the lay-bys were strewn with litter, the lay-bys themselves were in a mess," he added.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Villagers, however, have warned about the danger to runners, horse riders and farmers who cut the long grass on the verges for hay.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Hedgerows and verges were at their rankest and thickest.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But did he realise that these stunts verged on self-parody?

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

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

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

He sputtered, a sound that verged on laughter, and tipped his head back, gazing at the faded gray sky.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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

"Within three hours flying time of the Gulf, you have the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, verging on China. It's a huge market," explains James Hogan, a former chief executive of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

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