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The price of Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, was edging toward $100 Tuesday afternoon ahead of planned peace talks between the U.S. and Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The Nasdaq composite was edging down by 0.1%, as of 9:35 a.m.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Such remarks, aired prior to Japan's previous yen-buying intervention last year, would signal that Tokyo was edging closer to directly intervening in the currency market.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

Robertson was edging toward politics by the early 1980s, focusing on national and global issues on “The 700 Club.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

The congregation was edging in closer now, considering what Mrs. Cobb should have, done to remember some kindness they had gone out of their way to show her.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt