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Recent Examples of wedge
Local news coverage of the aftermath of the crash showed the vehicle in flames and wedged in the toll booth.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
He's got a nice little nook wedged in there.
—Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
One person was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after a pickup truck was wedged between two tractor-trailers during a crash on Interstate 84 in Middlebury on Tuesday that left two people injured.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Water flossers can help remove impacted food from around bridges and wires, places where wedging floss might be uncomfortable or difficult.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
He's got a nice little nook wedged in there.
—Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
One person was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after a pickup truck was wedged between two tractor-trailers during a crash on Interstate 84 in Middlebury on Tuesday that left two people injured.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Water flossers can help remove impacted food from around bridges and wires, places where wedging floss might be uncomfortable or difficult.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedge
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Focusing on everyday shapewear, Yummie hugs instead of squeezes like traditional shapewear that can be extremely tight and constrictive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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All movies need a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, because small and mid-budget movies that hit streaming sooner are getting squeezed.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Former clients described Motta encouraging people to get surgeries, and others discussed one particularly shameless episode in which a large church van, crammed with prospective plaintiffs, intentionally collided with a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Kim Kardashian has crammed a lot into her career.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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After Frankel stuffed Stacey on a point-blank shot from the slot due to a Boston turnover, Stacey engaged in pleasantries with a pile of Fleet sweaters in front of the blue paint.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Tyler Cameron happily stuffs his face at the launch of Panera's new salad stuffers during an intimate dinner in New York.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Heiskanen appeared to get sandwiched in between Hartman and the boards before going down in a heap and possibly getting his knee tangled up underneath him.—
R.J. Coyle,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Apr. 2026
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So, too, was With Hidden Noise (1919), a ball of twine sandwiched between two brass plates.—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Justin Topa gave up an infield single to Parker Meadows that loaded the bases before Zach McKinstry lined out to left field.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Woo had the Rangers following the same script on Wednesday, allowing only two hits through his first four innings of work, but the team got after the pitcher in the fifth and loaded the bases for Brandon Nimmo, who hit a weak grounder to first baseman Connor Joe.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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Nerve-wracking for your first time on the Main Stage, but Layman and her band powered through and continued to jam out and vibe the rest of the set without issue.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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For years, Backer watched his friends jam from afar.—
Jessica Meszaros,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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