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His remarkable humility, which could verge on embarrassment when praise was heaped on him, seemed undoubtedly of this place.
news.nationalpost.com
Realism is all very well but when storylines verge on the nasty and gratuitous, a writer should take care.
www.telegraph.co.uk
This industry is a joke, and these behaviours verge on corruption.
blogs.abc.net.au
These proposals almost verge on becoming a comprehensive plan for aboriginal education, in 18 chapters on 47 dense pages.
www.theglobeandmail.com
So partisan at times as to verge on caricature.
business.financialpost.com
Films are often made on the cheap, with special effects and action sequences that verge on cheesy.
www.wired.com
Petty law is such that its upper reaches verge on the realm of actual law.
calgaryherald.com
In my opinion, proceeding with this application, would verge on negligence.
news.bbc.co.uk
So comfortable were the two leaders in their relationship, their jokes could verge on the risque.
www.themalaymailonline.com
What we don't get is respect -- and it can verge on bullying.
www.mirror.co.uk

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