verge
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Tesla was an incinerator for years, nearly on the verge of bankruptcy multiple times, as Musk chased the idea of making EVs mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Wall Street was skeptical on the verge of alarm.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
For decades, a puzzling discrepancy involving a tiny subatomic particle called the muon fueled speculation that physicists might be on the verge of discovering an entirely new force of nature.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The issue has receded somewhat since 2025, for much of which China and the US seemed on the verge of a trade war.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The way people use their carts—on the verge of being battering rams to make their way through the crowd.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing verge
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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