on the verge

On Sept. 19 in Miami, on the verge of becoming the first member of the 50-50 club, Ohtani barged into the record books with arguably the greatest offensive game in baseball history, going six for six with three homers and two stolen bases.

He’s not a free agent, but he’s on the verge of becoming a lame duck.

One speaker, a mother, said she was on the verge of being homeless again after timing out of the county’s shelters.

Max Verstappen is on the verge of securing a fourth consecutive drivers' championship as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas for the first of three races to finish the 2024 season.

In Trump’s closing message the day before Election Day, he boasted, “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history.”