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edgy

[ej-ee] / ˈɛdʒ i /


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"It's going to be really edgy," says Madrid's own F3 driver Bruno del Pino.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Ownership of a copy became shorthand for edgy, intellectual sensitivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

He was an active participant in defending Andrew Tate, using his influence to validate an accused predator because it fit the edgy, anti-establishment aesthetic of the modern manosphere media.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

But Adrian is never far from his thoughts or absent from the screen: this smiling, happy boy slowly transforming into an edgy, troubled young man whose sweetness still occasionally shines through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Probably he just imagined their faces, but it made him edgy.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Now that we’ve confirmed that a somewhat edgier choice is better than a well-intentioned embarrassment, we should file away this memory and never speak of it again.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

“As product proliferation occurs in the edgier parts of the market,” says Dave Mazza, chief executive of ETF manager Roundhill Investments, “it’s incumbent on investors to do more homework.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Some have rejected the film as flimsy satire; others have wanted its message to be edgier and more obvious.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

"If it was edgy to do jeans for November 1988, I think it was even edgier for her to do Madonna," says Amy Odell, author of Anna: The Biography.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025

In another reality, Leo might’ve enjoyed a walk on the beach with a pretty girl, but the farther they went, the edgier he felt.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Every Disney movie raises us to recognize that villains always get the best lines, the edgiest wardrobes and, sometimes, the most darling pets.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

I just, that kind of stuff and stand-up, you know, some comics look for the edgiest stuff, or the stuff that like is gonna be clickbait.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

One of the edgiest is a former tobacco factory in the gritty Athens neighborhood of Kolonos whose pink and yellow facade has drawn comparisons to a giant Battenberg cake.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Roasts, of course, are known for comedians often gleefully showcasing their edgiest, most offensive and vile material.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022

And there’s one of the edgiest tracks yet from the band — “Cutthroat,” an anthem about killing the critic inside of you.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021




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