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City crews were on the verge of welding a manhole cover shut in South Los Angeles Wednesday morning when a surprise discovery stopped them in their tracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He let Kavukcuoglu in on the secret: DeepMind was on the verge of selling itself to Google.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The A.I. bubble might finally be on the verge of popping.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Currently, the Ellisons are on the verge of taking over Warner Bros., the parent company of CNN and HBO.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

I glance at Isabella, wondering if she’s on the verge of freaking out too, but she doesn’t seem bothered.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée