over the edge
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Smith was injured much more severely in 2023 when he was closing out on defense, landed on a stat sheet and slipped over the edge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Two narrowboats were left at the bottom of a trench in the canal bed and a third hanging over the edge.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
If this were fiction, throwing in a hurricane now would be a little over the edge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
“If they don’t cut, they might push the labor market over the edge and have a recession,” Sahm said.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
Christopher stared about him for any sign of a woman with a fishing rod, but instead, over the edge of the boat there came a squirrel the size of a cat, with a blunt horn.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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