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ragged edge



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The last few years I've been off balance, right on the ragged edge of my technique where that if I have to push a little bit more, I lose it.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

I remember thinking, I’m like on the ragged edge of sanity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023

A few cabins were peeking over the ragged edge, as if waiting for high tide to jump into the ocean.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

In her Curtiss biplane, she sat out in front of the engine, as one spectator said, “On the ragged edge of nothing.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2019

He tried to ride a steer in a pasture, got tossed onto the ragged edge of a fallen tree, and limped home with his gashed knee bound in a handkerchief.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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