Example Sentences

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Artificial intelligence boosters spent the year wedging the tech into our lives – whether we wanted it or not.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

Owens and her family saved the house, wedging plywood underneath the doorways during the storm and mopping up water faster than it seeped inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

"If you can, then do it because you opening that door, wedging in that door stop, means that other people can walk through after you," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

Running the simulations, the scientists saw that it was much easier for the capsid to get into the pore by wedging its smallest end in first, and then gradually ratcheting itself in.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024

He tried wedging them together, crossing them over each other—nothing seemed to work.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen