on the verge of
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: at the point when (something) is about to happen or is very likely to happen
The company was on the verge of going bankrupt.
The child was on the verge of tears.
We were on the verge of divorce.
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Scientists worry the caterpillars are on the verge of going extinct just as they've been discovered.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Even with that, on the verge of inking a new nine-figure deal now that his around $100 million contract with podcast network The Volume is over, Sharpe has stayed very much in the public eye since the lawsuit and its graphic details came out.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Sharpe had regularly appeared on ESPN’s morning show First Take since joining the network in August 2023, and was reportedly on the verge of a larger role at the network following a contract extension last year.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
Sun Sentinel Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on
The long-running criminal case against a Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 is on the verge of coming to a close.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Even with that, on the verge of inking a new nine-figure deal now that his around $100 million contract with podcast network The Volume is over, Sharpe has stayed very much in the public eye since the lawsuit and its graphic details came out.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Sharpe had regularly appeared on ESPN’s morning show First Take since joining the network in August 2023, and was reportedly on the verge of a larger role at the network following a contract extension last year.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
Sun Sentinel Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on
The long-running criminal case against a Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 is on the verge of coming to a close.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
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“On the verge of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20verge%20of. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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