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Recent Examples of wedge
The report notes the investigation revealed that the child was initially found with her head wedged between the railing of the portable crib and a plastic cot that had been placed over it.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
The Ducks wedged a score between a pair of similar ones from San Jose in the opening salvo.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Nearly five years of conflict have since ravaged Myanmar, wedged between China and India, decimating what was for a time one of the region’s fastest-growing economies.
—Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
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Instead, 2026 is about building both stylish and sensible outfits that can take you from the airport to the streets with maximum versatility without ever squeezing into tight, form-fitting fabric.—
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The company had hundreds of hours of sports to sell last year, with a February that is crammed with Olympics telecasts, Super Bowl programming and NBA matches.—
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Couples cooped up in one-bedroom apartments would seek two-bedrooms, and parents with kids crammed into two-bedrooms would crave more space in three-bedrooms.—
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Even the hospitality of sending food home with them was taken away from me, as their refrigerator and freezer was stuffed from their prior parties.—
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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
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That success rate figure is sandwiched between the lowly Dolphins and Jets.—
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Povec has successfully miniaturized this automotive tech, sandwiching it into a sleek frame.—
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From looking out for the notification from Delta that my luggage has been loaded on the plane to keeping an eye on FindMy at baggage claim, this portable charger is an indispensable travel essential.—
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The key is to reach for ones that are not loaded up with sugar; enter RX, a clean protein bar made from egg whites, dates, and nuts that pack in 12-18 grams of protein per bar in appealing recipes like chocolate sea salt, peanut butter, coconut chocolate, blueberry, and more.—
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Then and there, Weir and Garcia, who was 21, started jamming.—
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With the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir helped the world appreciate rock & roll in a new way, writing songs that breathed new life onstage as the group jammed.—
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“Wedge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedge. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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