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A renewed selloff in the $30 trillion Treasury market in July has the bond market on the verge of a worrying milestone.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

“We’re on the verge of something game-changing in Crypto and DeFi,” Steve Witkoff tweeted in early August 2024.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Manzambi was on the verge of joining Newcastle last week after the Magpies agreed a deal with Freiburg, but Villa moved quickly and was his preferred destination.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Hernández, on the verge of a rehab assignment, is on a faster track to return than Roberts initially expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

When I open the front door, Britain and Golly look on the verge of bursting.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

The film is such a Christmas perennial it verges on the liturgical, and why not?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

As he’s classically rendered, Soames verges on unpalatable.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

Villagers, however, have warned about the danger to runners, horse riders and farmers who cut the long grass on the verges for hay.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Receiving just over 50% of the votes, Barnes said how important it was for her to work for local people and pledged to focus on improving potholes and grass verges.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

I pushed against the earth, trying to stand, and found my fingers tangled among the cool, waxy leaves of the mallow plant that clung to the marshy verges of the river.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The result in Beijing verged at times towards collective paranoia.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

More goals are being scored, but the amount of pushing and pulling has at times verged on the farcical.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

On social media, the schadenfreude has verged on gleeful, with the public picking up on even the smallest references to confirm their priors and their thirst for justice is palpable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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

Like most of Dad’s and Mother’s ideas, the Family Council was basically sound and, although it verged sometimes on the hysterical, brought results.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

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

A plant that was once romantic is now, some fear, verging on the apocalyptic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

With postwar guilt, he decried bratwurst, sauer- braten, and Konigsberger Klopse as dishes verging on poison.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides