wedge

Walking out to the pitch, Messi leads, De Paul at his side, the rest of the squad fanning out behind almost in a wedge - like a street gang protecting its leader.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Where one sees an opportunity to hit a lob wedge, another will hit a bump-and-run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Many were already skeptical of the wedge paper’s reliance on CCS,” he said.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

McIlroy hit wedge to within three feet on No. 3, his 12th of the day, which was not the play he envisioned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

I watched as he tried and failed to wedge his knife tightly enough to cut his roast.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

"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

“Dos batidos de mango,” she said as she handed us the glasses garnished with little mango wedges.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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

Lacking space, some pitches have popped up inside warehouse buildings like one in Brooklyn, wedged between a trash-strewn highway and a pawnbroker.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Kolster stayed wedged between the front door and the stone wall in her seventh-storey apartment "for quite a while" before she heard neighbours calling for people to evacuate.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I was home alone when I fell into the hidden space behind our kitchen wall, wedged nearly upside-down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

My sleeping bag was wedged between my legs in a sweaty twist of polyester and anxiety.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

The potential for wedging strategies between Russia and China remains viable due to underlying structural tensions and competing interests, particularly in Central Asia where both powers seek influence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

“This is your third infraction this week,” my supervisor continues, wedging herself in between me and the operator next to me.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse