as in bordering (on)
to come very close to being
that behavior touches on insanity
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And just one more may mean the end of Postecoglou’s time in Nottingham after the Australian has struggled to build anything resembling momentum in the role.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Given Netflix’s aversion to anything resembling news programming, there’s likely not much appetite for that.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Drugs were pouring in; kidnappings and bank jobs were being perpetrated with seeming impunity.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The San Jose Sharks have apologized after an apparent offensive message seeming to praise Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was displayed on the arena’s scoreboard during the team’s Hispanic heritage celebration on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.—
Martin Goillandeau,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Touching (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20%28on%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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