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- verb Present participle of
verge .
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Examples
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I see Spain verging on bankruptcy as bullish for metals and dangerous for the Euro
There is still a bright future for silver and gold Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2007
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I see Spain verging on bankruptcy as bullish for metals and dangerous for the Euro
Archive 2007-05-27 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2007
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He has the type of musical genius that I classify as verging on the edge of savant (and I mean this as the highest compliment).
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Or is her expression verging on a glazed over look?
Fashion World of SL 2010
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He has the type of musical genius that I classify as verging on the edge of savant (and I mean this as the highest compliment).
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Meanwhile, the financial economy is described in dire terms verging on hysteria.
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He threw himself on the sofa, clasped his hands behind his head and remained motionless, looking at the ceiling with an expression verging on despair.
Fathers and Sons 2003
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N-klas paused before he answered, his remorseful expression verging on the comical.
First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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N-klas paused before he answered, his remorseful expression verging on the comical.
The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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N'klas paused before he answered, his remorseful expression verging on the comical.
Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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