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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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team thinks that a dead stellar core, or white dwarf, daringly teetering on the edge of the black hole is the cause of increasingly frequent explosions of high-energy light. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025 The flooding was so severe that a home teetering on the edge of the riverbank collapsed into the rising waters, images show. —

Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024 Bourbon was aged for 19 years and three months, which Bhakta himself admits is pretty old for a bourbon, possibly teetering on the edge of drinkable. —

Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, contests in Glendale Union High School District and Roosevelt Elementary School District are teetering on the edge of the recount margin. —

Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teetering on the brink/edge of

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