verged (on)

past tense of verge (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verged (on)
Verb
  • Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings joined the company’s board in May 2025 after giving more than $20 million to Democrats, including $7 million to a pro-Harris super PAC.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Toni Trucks joined Franklin & Bash in its fourth season as Anita Haskins, a recent law school graduate eager to prove herself.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Flay lives in the Morris Adjmic–designed Sterling Mason, a condominium composed of a 1905 red brick warehouse adjoined with a newer, metallic mirror image.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Schneider was expressing his feelings about the unknown state of Judge’s normally rocket arm, the Yankees seemed weary about answering these kind of inquiries.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At the 2015 ceremony, the two seemed to temporarily bury the hatchet when Swift presented West with the 2015 Video Vanguard Award.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With Milenkovic flanked by the more mobile Savona and Murillo, Forest can play a much more balanced back three.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Xi was flanked by Putin and Kim, two brutal and aggressive dictators whom many nations would rather shun.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But even without European football, and after a decade in which Old Trafford has at times resembled a graveyard for promising careers, the lure of Manchester United — in terms of glamour, prestige and finance — remains powerful.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • By midweek, the workplace apparently resembled a corporate museum exhibit.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To complete the sequence, Gray returned to his love and lightly touched hands before drinking a potion to join him in eternity.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The scene touched the hearts of viewers and earned rave reviews from critics.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fire containment Understanding what 12% containment means Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Sensitive radio telescopes are therefore usually surrounded by radio-quiet zones where no broadcasting or wireless communication devices are allowed.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Verged (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verged%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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