verge
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The order was described as “on the verge of meaningless” by J.B.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Learning that my very newly ex was on the verge of a whole ass new marriage didn’t make me want her back, but I knew that I didn’t want whatever this was.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
A victim of government-sanctioned culling, trigger-happy farmers and rising road traffic, by 2002 the Iberian lynx was on the verge of extinction, with just 94 cats left in their natural habitat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Lupe: There is something to that energy of people enjoying being in that kind of space with each other, like on the verge of laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
She was on the verge of screaming with pain and rage when she felt her wheelchair begin to move.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary lists containing verge
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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Metamorphosis
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