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A person may even warn us by crying for help or, as Cathy does, advising those on the verge of falling into her trap to turn back.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The former Hoffenheim defender even felt he was on the verge of a senior call up to the German national team at one stage, only to suffer a serious knee injury.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

This was when Schmitt, believing he was on the verge of a slam dunk, accused Smith of perjury.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Given Stafford’s history of dramatic comebacks, the Rams were on the verge of possibly pulling out a victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Uncle Bob was on the verge of an emotional collapse.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

We like a very early dinner that verges on being a very late lunch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Standing outdoors in all weathers, he painted hundreds of scenes of lush meadows and roadside verges.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Lower land costs and an expectation of a lesser or in fact no need for Buckinghamshire-style tunnels and verges would mean a much lower cost per mile of track.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

And at times “Kenrex” verges on caricature in its depiction of rural life as a lawless Wild Midwest, garnished by such down-home delicacies as “a deep fried barbecue chili cheese dog with bacon crumbles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He gives a charming picture of Atalanta among the hunters which I have put into my account, but often, as in the description of the boar, he is so exaggerated, he verges on the ridiculous.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Belgium’s outrage ahead of its match against the Americans verged on disbelief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Some people’s fascination with Gein even verged into fandom, according to Hamish McAlpine, producer of the 2000 film “Ed Gein.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

England's gluttonous run-scoring on the opening day verged on tedium because of its one-sided nature.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The re-created history, which is where many historical documentaries fail, looks good, and the scenes the writers conjure up are well done, if verging sometimes on melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

We are drawn by the painting’s rich orchestration of warm and cool browns—from sludgy tan to super-charged ocher verging on sienna—and its seductive textures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Sear the thighs skin-side down in a wide skillet until the fat renders and the skin turns deeply golden, verging on bronze.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

The audience in the Capitol will be getting bored, claiming that these Games are verging on dullness.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins