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[ej] / ɛdʒ /






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AI agents may give everyday shoppers an edge, but the technology is igniting an even more intense tug of war over consumer dollars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

This is what management are trying to achieve at another site that opened in the 1970s: Weston Favell, on the eastern edge of Northampton.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

On a balmy August day, six Lima antennas shaped like megaphones pointed skyward from poles on the edge of a field in a rural part of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Fred gave us that first edge of being progressive and aggressive,” Hershiser told the Times in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Light from a streetlamp beams into my cavelike bedroom and reveals the source of the noise—Aunt Tess, sitting on the edge of my bed, appraising her surroundings.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Speaking of parks, it’s inconsistent and puzzling that the museum’s beautiful park, which edges right up to the building, can be entered without having to also pass through security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The cherry tomatoes burst, their skins turning silky and their juices almost pasty around the edges.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Since it began surveys in May, the CRT has installed 39 footprint tunnels along hedgerows and woodland edges, with nine of the tunnels recording dormouse footprints.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Their luminous, pale surfaces are covered in geometric markings that could be a lost version of cuneiform, and the objects’ irregular edges bring to mind a puzzle long ago disassembled and dispersed to far-flung locales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The softness of the fabric, the bumpy stitching, the frayed edges.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Futures in New York edged up to $4,143.40 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Russian forces have edged close to the city's eastern fringes, which has prompted calls for the civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

But prices edged lower in Monday dealings, failing to get a boost from Nasser’s comments on the oil market’s potential years-long recovery time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

From that moment on, Verstappen was total in control and he edged away into a race of his own.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The paved road in front of us, lined with glittering ivory bricks on one side and edged with golden stones on the other, curved around ripe orchards stuffed with fruit trees I never knew existed.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Seagate stock was edging down following a report it is competing with Toshiba over a crucial acquisition in the hard-disk drive space.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

She came in second behind Bass in the June 2 primary election, edging out the flashier and more attention-grabbing Spencer Pratt, a onetime reality television star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A September spike in Treasury yields, which were edging higher Tuesday after climbing at the long end to the highest levels in decades, has sent bond prices lower in a broad and punishing selloff.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“It’s been great,” Collins, 21, said as he waxed his board atop a six-foot-high sand cliff that’s edging ever closer to $20 million oceanfront homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Even though Pattie stood barely over five feet tall to his five foot eight inches, she kept edging him toward the door.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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