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Recent Examples of wedge
The north project could be on a 50-acre plot wedged at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Florida’s Turnpike, east of Starkey Road.
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Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Durham shadows Ali with his tape recorder, wedging his microphone between Ali and Joe Frazier as the pair drive from Philadelphia to New York.
—Melina Moe
may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025
Without this kind of grip, the thin, rounded bottom corner of the Joy-Cons ends up wedged oddly between the fleshy parts of your palm.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The guides climbed back into the canoes and wedged their paddles into the gravel to hold us in position.
—Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
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Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Durham shadows Ali with his tape recorder, wedging his microphone between Ali and Joe Frazier as the pair drive from Philadelphia to New York.
—Melina Moe
may 19, Literary Hub, 19 May 2025
Without this kind of grip, the thin, rounded bottom corner of the Joy-Cons ends up wedged oddly between the fleshy parts of your palm.
—ArsTechnica, 16 June 2025
The guides climbed back into the canoes and wedged their paddles into the gravel to hold us in position.
—Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedge
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Kalvin Phillips squeezes a pass through the gap and into Omari Hutchinson, taking three Forest players out of the game.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Marlene alleged her son grabbed and started to squeeze her throat.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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The sphere-packing problem — which asks how to cram balls into a (high-dimensional) box as efficiently as possible — is no exception.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
7 July 2025
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Already, the holiday weekend draws the largest crowds of the year, with tens of thousands of people cramming into the coast from early-morning hours into the night.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 July 2025
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The family moved from Temecula to Point Loma in December and most of the rings are still stuffed in boxes, sitting in the garage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Your next outdoor bash or beachside hang deserves some attention to the cookware and coolers you’re bound up grilling with and using to stuff to the brim with ice and beverages.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
11 July 2025
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Schmidt, sandwiched between the two, almost certainly will be the next to go.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Tourism figures tend to slide in May, a month sandwiched between Spring Break and peak summer travel periods.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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The bases were loaded in the bottom of the inning with one out, and the Huskies were up to bat.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Using Bellinger there allowed Boone to load up the lineup with left-handed bats against Mets right-hander Frankie Montas.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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The group also jammed out to an electronic playlist presided over by a DJ.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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That’s when Boards pulled a knife and jammed it into the good Samaritan’s back, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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