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The fringe of the crowd was in a continual uproar; from its extremities the opponents of the measure were wedging their way in.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

They were wedging themselves into every conceivable angle, and the crowding procession from above was adding to the barrier momentarily.

From The Iron Trail by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

I had neither ax nor nippers, only a long-bladed knife, and densely packed beasts were wedging themselves tighter and tighter against the other side of the barrier.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold