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Recent Examples of brinks
The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.
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Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brinks
Noun
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These ideas are big and ripe for the picking, but James’ interest in delivering a full meal verges on overstuffed.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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The lineup of dishes and sauces and combos verges on overwhelming; they’re presented in a mix of typefaces and colors, and punctuated by herky-jerky photo animations—a waving hand holding a soft-serve twist, spidery fingers with brass nail extensions used in the traditional Thai dance Fawn Leb.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Platforms that reach meaningful scale are increasingly being absorbed into the financial core rather than competing indefinitely from the edges.—
Pam Kaur,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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At 836,000 square miles, Greenland is nearly 80 percent ice, a frozen leaf dangling in the far North Atlantic with dramatic, ragged edges, impossibly sheer cliffs that dwarf even El Capitan, and a massive ice sheet as thick as 11,000 feet.—
Tim Neville,
Outside,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Brinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brinks. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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