was at the brink of death when the rescuers arrived
Recent Examples on the WebOne company that has fought its way back from the day-two brink is Microsoft, No. 13 on this year’s Fortune 500.—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024 Back in Washington, congressional aides and White House officials have continued huddling in private all week, hoping to pull the country back from the fiscal brink.—Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 12 May 2023 Profligate spending and overly bullish fund-raising projections put the campaign on the financial brink after only two months.—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023 Many more companies are teetering on the financial brink.—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for brink
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse brekka slope; akin to Middle Dutch brink grassland
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