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The world’s newest record-long flight is Singapore to New York; this flight edges out New Zealand to Qatar, the second-longest flight. To “edge out” means to beat something by a small margin. New Zealand to Qatar is also a very long flight—almost 18 hours. But the Singapore-New York flight is just a little bit longer; it edges it out. You can also use this word in sports. In the first game of their series, the Brewers edged out the Dodgers by the score of 6-5. The next day, the Dodgers edged out the Brewers 4-3. Each team won its game by just one run, the smallest margin. They each edged one game out.