verging

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Verging on vamping is the swath of knotted green fabric behind him.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021

Verging on a parody of the Thunderbirds’ Tracy Island, the tip was originally intended to open up, like the petals of a crocus, to reveal a helipad.

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2014

Now probably the clerks are no more clerks but vergers; and as a Yorkshireman remarked, "Verging is a very honourable profession."

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

"Verging a trifle on your cheekbones, and thence to the optic nerve," he said, calmly, still gazing into my soul.

From Olympian Nights by Bangs, John Kendrick

Verging close upon fanaticism at times, it swept away considerations of time and place, and overwhelmed appeals to expediency.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen