brink
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One father, Gerry, said years of disagreements with the CMS had pushed him to the brink - including after it added an extra child, who was not his, to his account.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
But Tim Kielpinski, the hospital’s CEO, says it was “in dire straits” and on the brink of having to shut its doors last year before it received an emergency multimillion-dollar bailout from the county.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Publishing, at that time, was on the brink of upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A rare wild rhinoceros on the brink of extinction is probably more satisfied than a calf who spends its short life inside a tiny box, fattened to produce juicy steaks.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
“Terry gone need a brinks truck,” Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves tweeted shortly after Kirk’s deal.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
But these maniacs, these geneticists, these people are literally pushing the plant to the upper brinks.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2021
Speaking of brinks, Oregon seemed to find one hurriedly.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
No one else could have moved Sierra Leone from the brinks of collapse to the threshold of prosperity with the time Pa Kabba did.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2014
The chapel burying-ground brinks upon the river, and when the shades of night have descended over it, he brings his boat alongside.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
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