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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Thursday, Shane Baz was not sharp from the start, throwing nine of his first 11 pitches for balls, teetering on the edge of trouble through the first three innings, then allowing a run in the fourth, three in the fifth and loading the bases in the sixth, with all three eventually scoring.
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Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2025
So far in Season 2, the Duttons have been facing a harsh winter while teetering on the edge of war.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And as another disappointing season nears its conclusion, one featuring 38 different starting lineups for Charlotte, the Hornets are tiptoeing on a balance beam, teetering on the brink of putting themselves in the best position possible to get a game-changer.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
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.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2025
So far in Season 2, the Duttons have been facing a harsh winter while teetering on the edge of war.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And as another disappointing season nears its conclusion, one featuring 38 different starting lineups for Charlotte, the Hornets are tiptoeing on a balance beam, teetering on the brink of putting themselves in the best position possible to get a game-changer.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025
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.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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