edge (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edge (out)
Verb
  • LaMalfa thinks the federal government should keep its nose out of states’ electoral business.
    Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Peter was in the booth with Herbstreit the other weekend, paws up and nose out.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oddly, Inaba wasn’t blown away.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But Sharp acknowledges that the band has not been completely swept under the carpet of pop culture.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Otherwise known as Bloody Face, Thredson's murderous actions, including skinning victims, were motivated by his search for a mother figure after being abandoned as a child.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.
    NBC news, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Overcome with fury, the King announces his plan to slaughter anyone who was complicit, including his own grandmother.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The California team bested UNC 21-18.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Dick Van Dyke‘s reign as the oldest-ever Daytime Emmy winner was short-lived as, just a year after the then-98-year-old actor won, the record was bested by 99-year-old Sir David Attenborough.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, Kate convinces the prime minister to bury both the sub and the Poseidon in concrete on the ocean floor, instead of it getting taken away.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • To detect these elusive particles, scientists are working to build enormous instruments (neutrino observatories) in the quietest environments possible, such as deep underwater or buried in ice.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How to Watch Italy vs Israel There’s a lot on the line as Italy hosts Israel in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, with the home team still in contention to finish first in UEFA Group I.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There's no comic relief or light moments to take you away from the tough topics, which makes Guadagnino's piece stick with you long after the credits have finished rolling.
    Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Edge (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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