on the verge of

"This is basically as big as it gets in terms of fundamental questions, and we may be on the verge of answering that question," says Prof Nikku Madhusudhan of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University.

Ward had been on the verge of giving up writing when her first novel, “Where the Line Bleeds,” was published.

“At this point, I’m on the verge of losing everything,” she said.

TikTok was on the verge of being sold to a non-Chinese company when Trump rolled out his new tariff plans.

But while the Banksy in Margate is now on the verge of selling for well over £1m, with a sizeable chunk set to go to a domestic violence charity, and with the piece remaining in the town for the foreseeable future, the Banksy up the coast in Lowestoft languishes in a climate-controlled warehouse, costing its owners £3,000 per month.