brink
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But is Iran’s regime really on the brink of signing?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated," he said, rejecting the idea Russia was on the brink of a full-blown crisis.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The film imagines a world on the brink of a revelation: proof that non-human intelligence exists and has been hidden in plain sight.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Market breadth is poor and breadth oscillators are on the brink of sell signals.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
As they passed beyond the green field of the Tongue, the trees drew down to the river’s brink.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing brink
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