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[wej] / wɛdʒ /


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Johnson showed the same dexterity with his wedge play as he did when winning the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open to cruise to a two-stroke victory in the groundbreaking $3m event.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

“Many were already skeptical of the wedge paper’s reliance on CCS,” he said.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

He hit wedge over where the gallery had been standing and holed an 18-foot putt.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

It cuts across the Garden like a horizontal wedge between the train station below and the stadium floor above.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

She’s propped up on the gingham-covered foam wedge she uses to see over the steering wheel, pale, polka-dotted little hands perfectly positioned at ten and two.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Substituting raw wedges of tomato, which far too often can be floury and tasteless, for slow roasted plum tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Zooming through the air in a flying Sky-Sled, he wedges his face into a triple chin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

For a little extra flair toast some baguette wedges to dip into the savory mixture.

From Salon May 22, 2026

"I haven't panicked when I've hit it off line and into trees, I've layed up and relied on wedges and those scoring clubs," he told Sky Sports.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Tobias pulls the dresser away from the wall with one hand and wedges the hard drive behind it with the other.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The excessive fines clause is the neglected middle child of the Eighth Amendment, wedged between excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment, and almost never litigated.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Kolster stayed wedged between the front door and the stone wall in her seventh-storey apartment "for quite a while" before she heard neighbours calling for people to evacuate.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

A ridge of high pressure drawing hot air from North Africa is wedged between two areas of low pressure, one in central Europe and the other off the coast of Portugal.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

I was home alone when I fell into the hidden space behind our kitchen wall, wedged nearly upside-down.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

It snatched Clare off his hind legs and swept him into the open air, his claws stretching toward Gingersnipes, who remained wedged in the tree, wide-eyed and frozen.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

So, they used their single off day on a three-city East Coast trip to make a pit stop in Washington, wedging the visit between games against the Phillies and Mets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence boosters spent the year wedging the tech into our lives – whether we wanted it or not.

From Slate Jan. 2, 2026

Owens and her family saved the house, wedging plywood underneath the doorways during the storm and mopping up water faster than it seeped inside.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

England kept them to just the one score, with Cokayne wedging herself under Eva Karpani to deny the Australia prop a try during Australia's early period of ascendancy.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2025

He wriggled slightly from side to side, wedging himself more firmly into the chair.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau




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