teetering on the brink/edge of
idiom
: close to being in a specified state or condition
The countries are teetering on the brink of war.
The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction.
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The carnival-like, sugar-high atmosphere of the White House exists, of course, against the backdrop of an Administration that is teetering on the edge of defying the Supreme Court.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By the market close on Tuesday, the S&P 500 had lost more than $5.83 trillion in market value and was down 19% from its peak, teetering on the edge of a bear market.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
The current disengagement in the workforce is pervasive and teetering on the edge of explosive.
—Lindsay Kohler, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The popular program that gives hundreds of thousands of Dreamers temporary legal status — DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — has been teetering on the brink of disappearing.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
By the market close on Tuesday, the S&P 500 had lost more than $5.83 trillion in market value and was down 19% from its peak, teetering on the edge of a bear market.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
The current disengagement in the workforce is pervasive and teetering on the edge of explosive.
—Lindsay Kohler, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The popular program that gives hundreds of thousands of Dreamers temporary legal status — DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — has been teetering on the brink of disappearing.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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