verged

verb

past tense of verge
as in bordered

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  1. bordered
  2. adjoined
  3. touched
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  • Mandatory evacuations remained in place Tuesday for an area bordered to the north by Lake County Road 9, to the west by Twining Peak, to the south by Lake County Road 11 and to the east by Derry Ditch.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 July 2026
  • More than a dozen of them bordered the states of Washington, Minnesota, Michigan and Maine.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of bordered
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  • Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
  • Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of adjoined
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  • On the twisty cliffside roads of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, those 15 miles of silent propulsion weren’t touched at all.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 15 July 2026
  • One boy said Busfield had touched his genitals over his clothes several times.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 July 2026
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