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Recent Examples of wedges
His constant companion since Claudine’s death is a small white Havanese dog named Ginger who wedges in next to him on his customary chair in his living room.
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Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot.
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Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Amy Driscoll,
Miami Herald,
3 May 2026
Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot.
—
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle.
—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedges
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Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
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At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.
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With electric vehicles continuing to gain share, that further squeezes European carmakers.
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At one point, the SUV squeezes past a traffic cone while making a left turn and narrowly avoids colliding with a large truck.
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Thank the aluminum alloy construction, which sandwiches a beech and poplar TrueBlend core and provides tons of stability at speed.
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This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
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Heck, maybe Hiller loads up one line and plays Zuccarello, Matthews, and Nylander together.
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No sauce makes for easier eating, but this spice rub still loads on the flavor.
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Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.
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Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything.
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That crud jams up the works of your coffee maker, slows brewing down, and impacts the taste of your morning brew.
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The move effectively jams the upper chamber by including the repeal in the funding package without the necessary time to reverse course, giving the Senate no option but to approve it.
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“Wedges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedges. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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