teetering on the brink/edge of

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: close to being in a specified state or condition

The countries are teetering on the brink of war.

The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction.

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This election might feel so stressful, completely overwhelming, as if our country is teetering on the edge of an abyss. —

Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Oct. 2024 Less than a year into Israel’s massive military operation in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, the Middle East is teetering on the brink of an all-out regional war. —

Rebecca Picciotto,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 By the end of 2006, Iraq appeared to be teetering on the edge of civil war. —

Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011 Yearslong efforts by autocrats to undermine the free press have given cover to leaders in places teetering on the edge of democracy to do the same. —

Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teetering on the brink/edge of

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