edge (out)

verb

Definition of edge (out)next
as in to nose out

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  1. nose out
  2. blow out
  3. blow away
  4. sweep
  5. snow under
  6. skin
  7. slaughter
  8. best
Verb
  • Alligators tilt their noses out of the water to enable them to breathe in case the water freezes, according to the Swamp Park & Outdoor Center, a tourist attraction in North Carolina that lets people see alligators in their natural habitats.
    Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Gotham/Getty/GC Images A listing photo shows how the house noses out over the beach even farther than its neighbors.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of nose out
Verb
  • Army lacks victories against top-25 competition and were blown out by No. 4 Notre Dame in late November.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The Tide beat Georgia and blew out LSU on the road and beat South Carolina.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of blow out
Verb
  • More than 10 years after Smash was cancelled, Katharine McPhee is still blown away by Megan Hilty's performances.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • He was blown away, and finally agreed to be part of it.
    Denise Quan, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of blow away
Verb
  • The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Rebels swept through major cities in Syria over the past week, taking four major cities before the key city of Homs fell on Saturday.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of sweep
Verb
  • In Watertown, New York, which has been similarly snowed under in recent days, the outlook was a bit better − up to 10 inches of additional snow were in the forecast.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Winter storms hit Michigan: Tracking snowfall totals The NWS warned drivers that roads could quickly become covered with snow under the most intense bands.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of snow under
Verb
  • Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Locals rise long before first chair to skin up Ajax for 58-year-old Bonnie's Restaurant's oatmeal pancakes.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of skin
Verb
  • Some made for the Pine Ridge Reservation, where, just two weeks later, they would be stopped and slaughtered by the U.S. Army in the Wounded Knee massacre.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Tens of millions of birds have been slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of slaughter
Verb
  • This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
  • With over 10,000 new bond issues having come to market through November 2024, issuance is on track to top $500 billion in 2024, potentially besting the $510 billion mark set in 2020.
    Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of best
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