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precipice

noun as in face or brink of a rock, mountain

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One minute, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was on the precipice of a no-hitter, needing just one out to put his name in the record books.

A few days later, Moody's Analytics economist Mark Zandi declared on social media that the economy was "on the precipice of a recession".

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Osbourne developed an aggressive vocal wail that always seemed to be teetering on the precipice of insanity.

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What intrigues you about what Dr. Robby and the rest of the characters on this show say about this moment in time, especially as the healthcare industry is on the precipice of more drastic change?

And his patients were on the precipice of an irreversible slide towards death.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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