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edging

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Present participle of edge

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Pietersen had streaky moments, no question, twice edging over the slips in the 60s.

Despite Brent crude edging up 0.2% to $94.86 a barrel, the recent falls below $100 have unsettled investors in oil companies.

That might not be enough next time – as a local Kentucky Republican leader told the National Journal last week, the state party is "still McConnell's Republican Party, but it's edging toward being Rand [Paul]'s Republican Party".

"Danny seems to be edging more towards it," said Robert Carlyle, who starred in the 1996 film as the psychopathic Begbie.

He said: "We're edging nearer to doing better than last season and since the manager came in, our aim is to keep improving year upon year.

You know, the one that celebrated the announcement that Greater Manchester's devolution settlement was edging ever further to bringing local control closer to our needs?

This is despite economic growth being locked in below trend for all of that time and the unemployment rate edging up to its highest level in more than a decade.

They were edging towards a vsignificant ictory that would have put them right back in the frame for a top-two finish when Jones rose highest to direct the ball skilfully in from Ritchie's corner.

Meanwhile Scott McDonald is edging closer to leaving Celtic, with Middlesbrough poised to complete a deal for the Australian striker tomorrow morning.

The evening is closed out with Vancouver aiming for their first Cascadia Cup win since entering MLS against a Seattle side who are edging around the playoff places after another win in midweek.

Bournemouth, reduced to 10 men, were minutes away from beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 and edging closer to the Premier League for the first time in their history.

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