Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: verges

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Usage examples:

A statement reads: “Historically Thornbury Town Council has funded additional cuts of the grass verges around town, over and above South Gloucestershire Council’s ‘core’ grass cutting provision.

Source: https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/23836880.council-trim-back-grass-cutting-across-thornbury/?ref=rss

By beginning to change the mowing regimes through this pilot, we can look to make a start - but there has to be a recognition that all verges are not the same.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/grass-wont-mowed-month-four-26805945

Comments have also been submitted from some neighbours, one claiming there is already noise from the site and damage to verges by heavy lorries.

Source: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23405329.objections-plans-40-shipping-containers-farmland/?ref=rss

Digital face recognition, surveillance, and even deepfakes are hinted at in this spirited, sometimes hilarious film that verges on a treatise on identity and self-representation.

Source: https://thefilmstage.com/the-future-of-cinema-17-films-to-see-at-new-directors-new-films-2023/

It’s important that people using the park on foot are aware of the road being opened to vehicles, stay on footpaths and verges and be mindful of children.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23433454.roads-strathclyde-park-motherwell-set-reopen/?ref=rss

Rabbit, hare, fox and mustelidae pass easily through, leaving behind teasing evidence of their passage: trodden paths through the verges, routes taken up immediately across the roadway, tufts of fur caught in strands of barbed wire at ground level.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/08/country-diary-the-heavy-honeyed-smell-of-summer-in-wales

Small areas of council estate land which serve little purpose, like grass verges, can be bought by residents and turned into parking spaces or extensions to their garden.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23926070.council-using-climate-policy-stop-parking-space-land-sales/?ref=rss

The subject matter also feels dated, as Christian and a wealthy benefactor, The Duke (James Bryers), fight over Satine; Christian’s characterisation in particular verges on manipulative, and the language can be paternalistic.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/live-reviews/moulin-rouge-returns-to-melbourne-why-because-they-can-can-can-20230824-p5dz71.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

The verges of our motorways and at every traffic junction are absolutely filthy.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23330518.grateful-government-vision/?ref=rss

While there’s the odd jarring element (chiefly a textual overreliance on the Beatles song “Yesterday” that verges on the hysterical), is striking for how drainingly real it all feels.

Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-morning-after-dick-van-dyke-alcoholic/