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Recent Examples of brink
The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.
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Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
That Maggie had gone to the very brink of extinguishing Negan.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025
On the more intense body-days, ours were taken to the absolute brink.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
That Maggie had gone to the very brink of extinguishing Negan.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025
On the more intense body-days, ours were taken to the absolute brink.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for brink
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brink
verge
Noun
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These ideas are big and ripe for the picking, but James’ interest in delivering a full meal verges on overstuffed.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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About 35 kilometers upstream lies the city of Port Coquitlam, which marks the eastern verge of greater Vancouver.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Brink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brink. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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