1
as in to join
to be adjacent to
our land verges on a wildlife refuge
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2
as in to touch (on)
to come very close to being
a comment that verged on an insult
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verge (on)
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The Princess of Wales, 43, attended the Wimbledon Championships' singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday, July 13, where she was joined by her husband, Prince William.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
14 July 2025 -
Season two will also see Anna Brindle (The Outs), Peter Sullivan (Around The World In 80 Days), Freddie Thorp (Fate: The Winx Saga), Lu Corfield (The Crow Girl), Stephanie Street (Breathtaking) and Freddie England join the cast in key roles.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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The sky turned hazy, health officials urged residents to stay inside, and what once seemed like gradual progress toward cleaner air suddenly felt alarmingly fragile.—
Youssef Rafik,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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While creating media for virtual and mixed reality may seem like a departure from developing content for 2-D screens, Seiden says the secret to success is a tactic media companies are already familiar with: exclusivity.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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The early signs of overheating in infants and young children include sweating, facial flushing or feeling warm to touch.—
Dr. Katie Lockwood,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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Learning to be a leader should start early on: An episode with Brian Sprout, varsity baseball coach at Woodbury’s East Ridge High School, touched on how sports can help youth become emerging leaders.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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On those wards, the middle of July sometimes resembled an inferno scene out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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The resulting structures resemble miniature city towers in wood, patterned with window-like holes for nesting in.—
Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Palm Beach, part-time home to President Donald Trump, ranks as the wealthiest suburb of Fort Lauderdale in our ranking, although locals associate themselves more with neighboring West Palm Beach.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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In trying to thwart the effort, around 50 Democrats at the time fled to neighboring Oklahoma, denying the session a quorum, and paralyzing the legislative session.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 July 2025
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In a flat city where all private and public property is organized into rectangles and triangles aligned with the principal points of the compass, Lincoln Yards is defined by a series of wedges, lumps and lobes that don’t adjoin with the rest of the Chicago street map.—
F.K. Plous,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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This crimson-red building that adjoins Chafariz da Esperança, a baroque fountain and national monument from 1760, has recently undergone a renovation leaving behind five modern apartments spread across four floors.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Because many houses have prominent garage doors on the front facade, the lights flanking them need to be large enough to balance them.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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The fire is expected to flank and head through the drainage/bowl leading to Man Eaten Lake and the PCT.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 July 2025
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The Willis Tower in Chicago surrounding by air pollution in July 2023.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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As many as 100 undiscovered galaxies that are too faint to be seen could be surrounding the galaxy that houses Earth and the solar system, new research has found.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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“Verge (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verge%20%28on%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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