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as in brink
an interval of time just before the onset of something the suspect was on the verge of confessing when the officers realized that he hadn't been read his rights

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verb

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Recent Examples of verge
Noun
Dodgers on verge of another ugly October encore Oct. 8, 2024 Is this any way to win a World Series? Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024 Imagine your employee Priya walks into your office, looking on the verge of pre-burnout. Lisa Christen, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Not that Allen wasn’t above poking fun at a friend: In many of their films together, Allen presented Roberts as so cool-headed as to verge on the comically supercilious. Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 The highly unreasonable lashing out with cuss words and nasty comments—verging on verbal abuse—highlights an unstable mind. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verge
Noun
  • Failure to act will push more seniors to the financial brink, further jeopardizing their health and well-being.
    Katie Dempsey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Image Israel and Hamas on the ‘brink’ of a truce Israel and Hamas are close to a deal on a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages there, Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said yesterday.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Roberts has played several positions across the defensive front but has been primarily an edge defender.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Six female celebs — including pop songstress Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, author Lauren Sánchez — are slated to blast off Monday morning in a Blue Origin rocket headed for the edge of space.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Other nearby hospitals Westchester encompasses a swath of the county roughly bordered by Eighth Street/Tamiami Trail to the north, Southwest 40th Street/Bird Road to the south, the Palmetto Expressway to the east and Southwest 117th Avenue to the west, according to a 2020 county memorandum.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The home is surrounded by lush greenery; the 30 surrounding acres include the Chagrin River, which runs through the property, and the Metroparks system borders the home.
    Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Right on the cusp of Aspen Mountain is the luxurious and sprawling St. Regis resort which, in the summer, has the best pool in town.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
  • These teeth reveal distinct cusp patterns that are virtually identical to those of parapithecids and eosimiids, families of African primates that lived over 30 million years ago.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • These structures, the center core and open perimeters, are already built.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • From today it can be found in the room adjoining Mark Rothko’s iconic Seagram Murals, enabling the public to see two of America’s greatest modern painters in dialogue with each other.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Plans called for a tent city adjoining that migrant facility to be built that could house the numbers mentioned by Trump and other senior administration officials.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Poyet was expecting to have some dinner in the studio during the first half, but then noticed the programme’s host, Mark Chapman, touching his earpiece and looking at him.
    Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The business mails copies of historical documents — attempting to replicate the real documents’ look, touch and feel — and a context page to subscribers, once per month.
    Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Mint spreads by rhizomes, and a garden bed with deep edging will prevent most escapees.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The green floral motif and scalloped edging add a vintage twist that is both timeless and charming.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Verge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verge. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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