verge
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President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over a leaked tax-return scandal from six years ago was on the verge of an epic settlement.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
The order was described as “on the verge of meaningless” by J.B.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Learning that my very newly ex was on the verge of a whole ass new marriage didn’t make me want her back, but I knew that I didn’t want whatever this was.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Lupe: There is something to that energy of people enjoying being in that kind of space with each other, like on the verge of laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
I was on the verge of confessing the whole thing—that I’d never gone to school, that I hadn’t really met the requirements to graduate—when she added, “This class is for seniors.”
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing verge
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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Metamorphosis
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