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edges out

VERB
defeat narrowly
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She implies the kind of complex personhood that all women have, in a way that slightly edges out Streep’s reliability.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Some conservative backlash seems to come from the idea that Kirk’s page should double as an online memorial, smoothing away his edges out of respect for the ghastly way he died.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2025

The chick then grows bigger and edges out the others from the nest.

From BBC • May 7, 2024

He criticized how housing might get built in a streamlined capacity that edges out community input, and questioned whether the healthcare requirements will withstand future legal challenges.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

I pipes off her motions for awhile real hopeful, and then I edges out where I could look the other way.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell



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