fringe
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The lack of the main UK parties in the by-election gave dozens of fringe candidates including Binface a chance to seize the spotlight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Chainlink necklaces, lace headpieces and even fringe bangs become a form of armor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Kate Nash performs at The Mac in Belfast on 6 August as part of the fringe programme for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Arguments that Burger and Bork dismissed as fringe advocacy became orthodox within conservative legal circles.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
The wild duck rests there and the Canada goose, for this is a fringe of the central migratory flyway.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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Some of these "fringes" measure only slightly more than 20 kilometers across.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The film arrives at a time when discussions about unidentified aerial phenomena, government transparency and artificial intelligence have moved from the fringes of popular culture into mainstream debate.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The biggest standout is Celina, Texas, a boomtown on the metro area’s far northern fringes that features master-planned communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
We’re seeing the fringes of electronic music rise, and very heavy rock music rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
His mom’s camera was passed around the fringes of the crowd, and by the time it got back to Roy he knew that most people couldn’t really tell it was a bird in the photograph.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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Woven baskets, checkered blankets, fringed umbrellas and trimmed napkins prove picnic classics never go out of style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Australian label Aje's catwalk was full of delightful fringed pieces, whilst Balmain's models graced the runway with huge, suede messenger bags.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Carrying loved ones and a handful of quickly snatched belongings, families trekked along narrow paths slick with mud and fringed by dense greenery, heading to relative safety.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
Beyoncé, dressed in fringed white cow-wrangler garb, did a bit of her song “Freedom” before segueing into “Ya Ya,” during which her 13-year-old daughter Blue Ivy was among her large crew of dancers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
She was black and pink; and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Sat behind a fringing machine at the mill, Hyslop, 28, deftly ran a dark cashmere fabric destined for a Spanish luxury brand through its frame, twisting the ends of the cloth into fringes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The double-sided style is finished with chunky fringing and, even better, large rectangular pockets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
The world's largest fringing reef and another of Australia's Unesco World Heritage Sites, it is home to a lush oceanic forest that spreads out along the coast for hundreds of kilometres.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
After 10 days underway from New Zealand, the Araon reached the sea ice fringing Antarctica.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024
Halfway over the still misty fields he stopped to load his gun, then walked quietly toward the cover of the alders fringing the little lake.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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