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• v  advance slowly, as if by inches
  He edged towards the car
• v  provide with a border or edge
• v  lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
• v  provide with an edge
• s  having a specified kind of border or edge
  a black-edged card
  rough-edged leaves
  dried sweat left salt-edged patches
• s  (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  edged satire
• s  having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
  an edged knife
  a two-edged sword

• McCain, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, edged out Obama on national security issues.
• He did a deeply American thing: he took a bohemian subculture and infused it with the hard edged, competitive ethos of capitalism.
• France's newly recognized Government grappled with a double-edged problem last weekwhat to do about the Spanish Maquis who have been raiding into Spain from France, had seized .

• edge
• inch
• border
• adjoin
• abut
• march
• butt
• butt against
• butt on
• cutting
• stinging

News & Articles

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• Global shares firm, dollar steady before Fed decision
  By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - World shares edged higher while major currencies and commodities stayed within recent ranges on Wednesday as investors nervously awaited a decision on the U.S. Federal Reserve's next move. The Fed's rate setters are expected to leave policy ultra-loose following the central bank's monthly meeting but may hint they will start scaling back its bond buying ...
  June 19, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Stocks edge lower as investors wait for clues on stimulus from Fed Chairman Bernanke
  NEW YORK — Stocks edged lower in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors waited for word from the Federal Reserve. The U.S. central bank will release its latest policy update at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will speak at a press conference thirty minutes later.
  June 19, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Wall Street Little Changed Ahead of Fed Meeting
  Stocks edged up in morning trading on Tuesday ahead of the start of a highly-anticipated Federal Reserve meeting.
  June 18, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Patrick Swayze in SouthFlorida.com
  I have searched for quite a long time to find a character that is this multi-layered, unpredictable and downright entertaining, as well as a project this current and cutting-edged,Swayze said in a statement.
• J Michael Straczynski in FOXNews
  Growing up, I always felt that she was a better character than her books,he said. "The stories tended toward being a bit precious, and definitely edged into being more about getting her into provocative poses than really getting into her...
• Dmitry Medvedev in International Herald Tribune
  In my view, the outcome is double-edged,Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Euronews television channel recorded at his Black Sea summer residence.