21.   Ample sun and gentle breezes will take any edge off the chill.

22.   Ample sunshine and gentle breezes will take the edge off the still deep chill.

23.   Ample sunshine will help to take the edge off of the bitter cold.

24.   Both men held serve from there on out, but Black had clearly won the mental advantage and took that edge into the tiebreaker.

25.   A cocktail of sedatives takes the edge off the discomfort, which is more in our heads than in our rumps anyway.

26.   A piece of fruit and crackers at work, or a lime seltzer and pretzels in the car on the highway will take the edge off an appetite.

27.   About a minute is all it takes to take the edge off.

28.   Afternoon temperatures will register a few degrees higher than recent days, while ample sun and gentle breezes also take the edge off the chill.

29.   But injuries to the starting center, Cal Dixon, and then to his replacement, Dave Alexander, have taken that edge away.

30.   But in softening the impact of a declining economy, those policies may also take the edge off any strong recovery.