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  • verb Present participle of verge.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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).

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Or is her expression verging on a glazed over look?

    Fashion World of SL 2010

  • 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).

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Meanwhile, the financial economy is described in dire terms verging on hysteria.

    A Sequel to the Subprime Mess? 2007

  • 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

  • N-klas paused before he answered, his remorseful expression verging on the comical.

    First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • N-klas paused before he answered, his remorseful expression verging on the comical.

    The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • 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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