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Soon after Cindy’s feeder made its debut, a raccoon arrived, made himself at home on the ledge, and helped himself to some sunflower seeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Borrow a few inches from the precarious ledge beside the table.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"We have a great country. We have a country that is under a little bit of a ledge right now," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The two men had to wait on a ledge for hours until they could be found, then had to leave the mountain without their mate.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
She just stood there on the ledge, clinging to the drainpipe, the copper cool to her touch.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Santa Monica resident Rojia Shahsavani said she witnessed three boys taking selfies and sitting on the open window ledges of a white Waymo that traveled from Santa Monica into West L.A. last Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
A Glasgow academic who was on top of Mexico's Teotihuacán pyramids when a gunman opened fire has told how she escaped by scrambling down its steep ledges.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Some tourists have resorted to hiding trash in hedges or leaving plastic bottles or cups on ledges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
In the covered outdoor corridors, Irhil and the other families have appropriated the space, setting up planters on ledges, a dish-washing station in a classroom sink, and clotheslines between the columns.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
“Those ledges up there? They’re covered with dust, and the inspectors will be looking. So tomorrow, make sure somebody takes care of that along with all the rest.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Black bass are good with several ten plus pound fish happening every week found in creek beds, points, and ledged drops.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2020
The fisherman sits paddling in the stern, keeping the ledged side towards the bank and leaning over so as to cause the said ledge to be almost level with the water.
From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Sir W. H. (William Hood) Treacher
Yet there is, unseen, this overshadowed, overhung, sordid mountain population, ledged on the slopes and in the crevices.
From Twilight in Italy by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Of its dimensions but little idea can be had; enough that it was a roomy, roughened interior, with ledged and broken walls and floor.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
The mortar is taken up in a hod or hoisted in pails and deposited on ledged boards about 3 ft. square, placed on the scaffold at convenient distances apart along the line of work.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Dee Why-The critical, sucking, ledging point break anchors Sydney's northern beaches.
From Time Magazine Archive
We ran 300 yards down the road to find a ledging, overhead shelf throwing onto a shallow rock bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each section is completely different from the others, from mushy open faces to ledging closeout barrels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Breaks best: May-September Type of wave: A surreal, ledging left that looks more like an avalanche or a tidal wave than anything you'd think was surfable.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Dash it!" he said, first fumbling in one waistcoat pocket, and then ledging the portfolio against a step and fumbling in both waistcoat pockets simultaneously.
From The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett
