on the edge
Example Sentences
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“We’re all on the edge of our seats, waiting to see what the Supreme Court does,” said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Lebanon has long teetered on the edge of being a failed state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Slice up cucumbers, red onions, carrots, radishes, jalapeños — whatever vegetables you have hovering on the edge of being forgotten — and drop them into the jar.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
The company famously teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1996, surviving only through a $5 million cash injection from the Japanese videogame developer Sega.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
By now Penelope was perched on the edge of her hay bale.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
