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"We have a great country. We have a country that is under a little bit of a ledge right now," he said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

At first, it was just the two boys in the backseat who sat on the window ledge as it proceeded eastbound, according to Shahsavani, who estimated the pair were 12 to 14 years old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Tucked away in rural western Maryland, past a dead-end road cut off by railroad tracks, a stream runs cool and clear over a ledge dotted with snails.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

This laid-back, cafe-laden ledge is located above the beaches and ancient ramparts where the Douro River pours through its last, lovely tributaries into the Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

I pull myself in tight under the rock ledge, but can’t stop my jowls from slavering at the thought of food.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Santa Monica resident Rojia Shahsavani said she witnessed three boys taking selfies and sitting on the open window ledges of a white Waymo that traveled from Santa Monica into West L.A. last Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Some tourists have resorted to hiding trash in hedges or leaving plastic bottles or cups on ledges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

In the covered outdoor corridors, Irhil and the other families have appropriated the space, setting up planters on ledges, a dish-washing station in a classroom sink, and clotheslines between the columns.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

Then in spring this year, cameras set up as part of the rat eradication programme caught two puffins coming and going from a nesting burrow on the cliff ledges.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

We ate in the shade of Babou’s fig trees, crowded around the card tables or sitting on the ledges of Babou’s herb planters.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Black bass are good with several ten plus pound fish happening every week found in creek beds, points, and ledged drops.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2020

It is used for nailing on framing to form partitions for rooms, offices, etc., for panelling corridors, etc., and for making framed and ledged doors, building tool houses, cycle sheds and other outhouses.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William

The swirling water went round and round under the fall, with lines of white bubbles rising, and quivering masses of yellowish foam ledged on the red rootlets under the bank and against the flags.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

"Whatever it may pretend to mean, what it is is a silly absurd toy-lamb with a Christmas-tree flag ledged on its paw—and if it wants to mean anything else, it must look different from that."

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The fisherman sits paddling in the stern, keeping the ledged side towards the bank and leaning over so as to cause the said ledge to be almost level with the water.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir

Dee Why-The critical, sucking, ledging point break anchors Sydney's northern beaches.

From Time Magazine Archive

We ran 300 yards down the road to find a ledging, overhead shelf throwing onto a shallow rock bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each section is completely different from the others, from mushy open faces to ledging closeout barrels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Breaks best: May-September Type of wave: A surreal, ledging left that looks more like an avalanche or a tidal wave than anything you'd think was surfable.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a small ledging or bar on this hatch to rest the tankards on.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer