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Recent Examples of wedge
Other than some Ikea bookshelves, the only furniture was an old blue sectional couch that at times had Goldfish crackers wedged between the cushions.
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Sid Evans, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2024
In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Back to this liminal week wedged and contorted between two of the year’s biggest holidays.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Instead, LeClaire pointed to a large chunk of concrete with a tangle of rebar sticking out of it, like a giant spider, wedged in the sand – a relic from last year’s explosion.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sid Evans, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2024
In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
Back to this liminal week wedged and contorted between two of the year’s biggest holidays.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Instead, LeClaire pointed to a large chunk of concrete with a tangle of rebar sticking out of it, like a giant spider, wedged in the sand – a relic from last year’s explosion.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedge
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Jair Bolsonaro’s Stay-Out-of-Jail Card: The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, is looking to Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.—
Ruth Maclean,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Use a fire extinguisher by pulling the pin, aiming at the base of the fire, squeezing the lever slowly and sweeping the nozzle side to side For a grease fire, try to cover the flames with a lid or pan to snuff them out.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hyde’s artsy, category-defying film can feel a bit chaotic at times, crammed with distracting splinters of key memories (unnecessary flashbacks in which different-looking younger actors embody the same character).—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The norm at least since 2009 has been for parties to take power and then busily, eagerly try to cram their entire agenda into as short a time as possible.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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And here’s a pro-tip for the kids: stuff your pockets with sweets from the candy bar!—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trees must be wrapped in burlap to catch larvae, which are then supposed to be drowned in soapy water or stuffed in the freezer — but the real solution is to simply wait for natural controls, like E. maimaiga, to fight them off, Dwyer explained.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Wins for American women sandwiched all this, with Emma Navarro getting through to the second week in her third consecutive three-set win to the start of the day.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Ducks sandwiched the only win on a journey that began with two lopsided losses between a pair of shutouts by their opponents.—
Andrew Knoll,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
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The pyrotechnics team loads enough fireworks to celebrate five or six touchdowns per game, said Vaill.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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Already, around 890 unique tankers loaded Russian oil — comprising both crude and oil products — in the past six months, analytics firm Vortexa told CNBC on Jan. 7, with 107 of these ships — or 12% of the total — being subject to vessel-specific sanctions at the time.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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In addition, the levels of electronic warfare have steadily increased, and Russian forces are now well supplied with devices to detect and jam FPV communications.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The two men, ragged and sleepless, belongings jammed into two battered pick-ups, were regrouping Wednesday morning in La Cañada Flintridge, a few miles northwest of Altadena.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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