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brink

noun

ˈbriŋk

Definition of brink

as in verge

an interval of time just before the onset of something was at the brink of death when the rescuers arrived

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Recent Examples of brink Scandal and disgrace In 1978, host Argentina was on a brink of elimination. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 The Timberwolves’ season, again, faces a brink. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 May 2026 Most Americans have health insurance, but that doesn't ease fears of a medical emergency pushing them to the financial brink, a study shows. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026 But with the Trojans on the very brink of the tournament bubble, time is quickly running out on that possibility. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brink

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verge

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Created around 1613 by royal clockmaker David Ramsay, the pre-balance spring verge watch combines 17th-century mechanical innovation with ornate decoration befitting of a blueblood.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026
The legendary protests of May, 1968, began as a student revolt against the bureaucracy of the French university system, and brought France to the verge of revolution yet again.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

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