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Recent Examples of brink
Local wages, however, haven’t kept pace, pushing more and more households toward the financial brink.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.
—Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
On the more intense body-days, ours were taken to the absolute brink.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.
—Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
On the more intense body-days, ours were taken to the absolute brink.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brink
verge
Noun
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The Washington Post reported last week that HHS has shelved a study CDC scientists were on the verge of publishing showing that this past winter the vaccines reduced the risk of needing emergency care or hospitalization for Covid by 50%.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
27 Apr. 2026
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For more than 90 minutes, the Blue and Chrome were on the verge of ending the slump, even if only with a draw.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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