hang in the balance

Example Sentences

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So many lives in Gaza still hang in the balance.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

“Because, respectfully, I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance, I dissent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Apart from China, duties for many other countries also hang in the balance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 29, 2025

And where there’s uncertainty, providers will be far less likely to intervene — even when women’s lives hang in the balance.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

Sometimes the outcome really does teeter and hang in the balance.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton