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Engram had a renaissance year in 2023 amassing 963 yards in all 17 games, but the Jaguars fell just short of the playoff brink.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The boardwalk will replace the steps that lead to the viewing platform at the waterfall's brink, with benches installed along the way, said Kevin Dennis, Tahquamenon Falls State Park supervisor in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Parks and Recreation Division.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
Reports New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers
Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
The Saints have struggled after a hot start to the season, however.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
SoFi Stadium was blanketed in red, Niners fans owning the building, the defending NFC champs owning the moment, the 0-2 locals riddled with injuries and on the statistical brink of extinction.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The boardwalk will replace the steps that lead to the viewing platform at the waterfall's brink, with benches installed along the way, said Kevin Dennis, Tahquamenon Falls State Park supervisor in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Parks and Recreation Division.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
Reports New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers
Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
The Saints have struggled after a hot start to the season, however.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
SoFi Stadium was blanketed in red, Niners fans owning the building, the defending NFC champs owning the moment, the 0-2 locals riddled with injuries and on the statistical brink of extinction.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brink
verge
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Sun Sentinel Bill to end limits on who can sue for medical malpractice stalls in Florida Senate The Florida Senate appeared on the verge Wednesday of passing a bill to repeal an exception in the state’s medical-malpractice laws.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2025
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Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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