brink
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Havertz missed their opening penalty, and Nick Woltemade was also denied, leaving them on the brink of a World Cup exit.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
The program’s trust find, which was on the brink of insolvency, is now expected to last until 2034.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
According to KCNA, Kim said such moves were "pushing the situation in the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
It placed Clark on the brink of one of the biggest collapses major golf has ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
The wood had already changed him, enlarged his experience to a point where he felt that he was on the brink of discovering some secret, of whose existence, even, that other world did not know.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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