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wedge

[wej] / wɛdʒ /


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“People are actually trying to wedge gambling into every corner of the financial market right now,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

This helps him identify specific techniques and important details that might have otherwise been overlooked—and avoid cultural missteps that might imperil conservation efforts by driving a wedge between locals and foreign conservators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

New signage has been erected at the site encouraging people not to wedge any coins into the causeway.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

What forged McElwee’s passion and helped him establish his life’s work now reveals its dual nature as the wedge that kept him and Adrian apart.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Helpfully, the middle C key had a full corner missing, a wedge about the size of my fingernail, which got me centered every time.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Something fresh: Little bowls of chopped scallions, cilantro, parsley, basil and chives, plus plenty of lemon and lime wedges.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Substituting raw wedges of tomato, which far too often can be floury and tasteless, for slow roasted plum tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Zooming through the air in a flying Sky-Sled, he wedges his face into a triple chin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

And this week, even if bombed drives missed wide fairways, the belief was that players would be able to gouge wedges out of the thick rough onto greens and lead to a putt-off.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Scoob wedges a fingernail behind it and tugs until a little flap pops open.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

One man had wedged two bags into a single compartment, and his seat was several rows behind mine.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Following the tracks, he came across a female elephant carrying a dead calf, its leg wedged between her tusk and trunk.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Guinea-Bissau, a Portuguese-speaking country wedged between Senegal and Guinea, has experienced five coups and numerous attempted putsches since independence from Portugal in 1974.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Taken together, we see hope and its absence wedged in the backseat.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Leale examined the small room with a bed, its headboard wedged into the corner.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

So, they used their single off day on a three-city East Coast trip to make a pit stop in Washington, wedging the visit between games against the Phillies and Mets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence boosters spent the year wedging the tech into our lives – whether we wanted it or not.

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026

Owens and her family saved the house, wedging plywood underneath the doorways during the storm and mopping up water faster than it seeped inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Running the simulations, the scientists saw that it was much easier for the capsid to get into the pore by wedging its smallest end in first, and then gradually ratcheting itself in.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024

They pushed the boat up the beach, Razi wedging it safely so that it didn’t get carried back out.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook


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