Example Sentences

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This will be tricky for City but I think they will edge it.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

I think the BBC readers will go for a draw but I am going to stick my neck out and say Newcastle will edge it.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

But I have a feeling Nottingham Forest will edge this.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

On Thursday and Friday, rain will edge into Northern Ireland and western Scotland, ushering in a return to dull, wet conditions.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

“We will keep on as we are going until she bears dead ahead, and then we will edge away after her.”

From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by Mays, D.L.