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“It was always, then as now, designed to be an opening wedge in an effort to delegitimize whatever it was for everyone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

It’s the opening wedge of a wireless challenge to cable broadband.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2015

“From my perspective, this is the opening wedge in a larger battle to bring transparency to government,” said Blakeslee, who served as Assembly minority leader from 2009-2010.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2015

The plant was viewed as the opening wedge in a new re-industrialization of the Hudson River valley, considering Con Ed’s plans for the region this was not an unrealistic or paranoid view in the 1960s.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2015

“Then you think the lack of rifling on the bullet might be the opening wedge to catching the man who shot Stockbridge?”

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry




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