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wedge

[wej] / wɛdʒ /


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"What starts off as a nice, flat, supported surface becomes a wedge and so your neck is then kinked up."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Life can drive a wedge between pals, however.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The companies are betting that as the next generation of fashion enthusiasts comes of age, an even larger wedge of their wallets will go to secondhand fashion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

She’d driven a small wedge into the magic fabric of the Labyrinth.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

"I haven't panicked when I've hit it off line and into trees, I've layed up and relied on wedges and those scoring clubs," he told Sky Sports.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

She wedges garbage cans into corners to prevent flipping, and warns her guests not to leave their coats within Stella’s reach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

"It was really nice to see some good wedges go my way, and knock in some of the nice six- and eight-foot putts that you have to."

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

Shoji wedges his index finger against the pages like a bookmark and presses the book against his chest.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The interviewees who didn’t want to be filmed are played by actors, including executive producer Emma Thompson wedged between an undercarriage and pavement as the unidentified van protester.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

On a recent day, a $400,000 yellow and black Ferrari Purosangue with Qatari plates was parked in a no-parking zone outside Harrods’ front door, a fresh citation wedged under the wiper blade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The excessive fines clause is the neglected middle child of the Eighth Amendment, wedged between excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment, and almost never litigated.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

She looked up from her landing place, where she’d managed to become wedged between the legs of the smallest chair.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

England kept them to just the one score, with Cokayne wedging herself under Eva Karpani to deny the Australia prop a try during Australia's early period of ascendancy.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

Davila allegedly interfered with the arrest by wedging herself in front of the officer and saying, “Let him go!” and, “Get out,” according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

“Excuse me, ma’am,” I say, wedging my shoulder between the two women ahead of me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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