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wedge

noun as in solid piece, often triangular

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They think they’re going to win eventually, and they just need to slowly drive a wedge in there.

Rather, deep rock pushing toward Earth’s surface may be driving a wedge between the plates that helps separate them, researchers report online January 27 in Nature.

Like the wedge of cheese it is, Firefly Lane goes down easy with a glass of wine.

From Time

Anti-snore pillows often come in the shape of a wedge, but you can also find smaller pillows to use as a level or an insert along with your current pillow.

Almost anyone with an agenda and some know-how can shove a wedge of doubt between citizens and consequential facts, whether they be election results, climate science or ways to avoid life-threatening illness.

The execution of two police officers in cold blood has shocked the city and driven a deeper wedge between the cops and the mayor.

A decade ago, gays were a wedge issue used by Republicans to energize the base.

In recent years there have been many issues driving a wedge between Riyadh and Washington.

Bevin, along with state and national Democrats, delight in trying to drive a wedge between McConnell and Paul.

Police squadrons had to form a “flying wedge” to break through the crowd to rescue blacks besieged in the park.

The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.

I dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.

It should be fixed in the head by means of a thin, barbed iron wedge.

With the wedge Rose pried a floor-board out of its place, and made an opening large enough to let himself through.

The gate was already opening, a wedge of the painted warriors heading through, flame-throwers ready.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wedge, such as: chunk, block, chock, cleat, cotter, and cusp.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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