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Recent Examples of brinkLocal wages, however, haven’t kept pace, pushing more and more households toward the financial brink.—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 See All Example Sentences for brink
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verge
Noun
The 2022 Rookie of the Year had stacked up close calls and top finishes, building a reputation as a player perpetually on the verge.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.