brink
Example Sentences
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“It is a country on the brink of terminal crisis. People don’t know what’s going to happen next, and most have almost no hope that things will actually improve.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
He has guided Villa to their first European final for 44 years, since they lifted the European Cup, and to the brink of ending a 30-year trophy drought.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
A decline that sent the index to the brink of bear-market territory began a couple of weeks later.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
But LIV’s future is on the brink now that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which bankrolled the entire operation, has decided to turn off the funding tap after this season.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Now I was on the brink of learning all of the letters and how to put them together to form words.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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