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Recent Examples of brink
Man Utd and Tottenham on brink of face-off for Europa League title
(CBS)
Football is never done until it’s done — Manchester United’s ‘portrait of pandemonium’ against Lyon proved that — but there’s only minor jeopardy in predicting that the Europa League is headed for an all Premier League final.
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And not ancient or biblical history either—the 20th century is ripe with examples of how the world was pushed to a moral, ethical, and existential brink, only for unsung champions to pull us all back to safety.
—Lauren Stienstra, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Failure to act will push more seniors to the financial brink, further jeopardizing their health and well-being.
—Katie Dempsey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
On the more intense body-days, ours were taken to the absolute brink.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And not ancient or biblical history either—the 20th century is ripe with examples of how the world was pushed to a moral, ethical, and existential brink, only for unsung champions to pull us all back to safety.
—Lauren Stienstra, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
Failure to act will push more seniors to the financial brink, further jeopardizing their health and well-being.
—Katie Dempsey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 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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Loewe In the Loewe show, new creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez displayed many versions of a rigid kitten-heel pump with a high vamp that made the style verge into bootie territory.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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As the Philadelphia Phillies sit on the verge of elimination courtesy of the defending World Series champions, Rob Thomson may have sealed his own fate as the team's manager.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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