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is edging

  • present progressive of edge (3rd person singular).

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The quiet buyer is edging toward the exit.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Catherine is "edging herself back" into doing more overseas visits following her cancer treatment, the prince said.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Growth looks healthy on paper, yet hiring has slowed and unemployment is edging higher.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

Moriarity, whose household net worth is edging somewhere close to the top 2%, said “I live very modestly,” but “we live the life we want.”

From MarketWatch Nov. 5, 2025

Zander is sometimes depressed, too, and Annabelle herself is anxious, and Sierra is edging toward an eating disorder, and those are only the things she knows for sure.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti