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on the edge

adjective as in marginal

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As it happens, Blue Owl’s data-center project in Abilene is on the edge of the West Texas oil patch that was the epicenter of the fracking boom.

He follows them to a modest hut on the edge of the forest, a household held together by love and scarcity: a blind old man, a few children, a flock of sheep and the kind of persistent winter poverty that makes every scrap of food feel hard-earned.

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Kane's own current hunger was exemplified in one second-half moment when, after spending time dropping deep, he appeared on the edge of England's penalty area to regain possession with a crunching tackle.

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The choice of Belem, a mid-sized city on the edge of the Amazon, had been controversial because of insufficient accommodation and fears the city was unprepared to handle such a large event involving tens of thousands of people.

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The pair, talking over video call, are seated next to each other during a press day in New York to discuss the series, now streaming on Netflix, which spends most of its time teetering on the edge of danger.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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