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Reports New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers
Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
The Saints have struggled after a hot start to the season, however.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
SoFi Stadium was blanketed in red, Niners fans owning the building, the defending NFC champs owning the moment, the 0-2 locals riddled with injuries and on the statistical brink of extinction.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
The costs are pushing some condo owners to the financial brink.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1973, his actions plunged the region into war, brought the superpowers close to the nuclear brink, and caused an oil crisis.
—Gabriel Scheinmann, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2015
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
SoFi Stadium was blanketed in red, Niners fans owning the building, the defending NFC champs owning the moment, the 0-2 locals riddled with injuries and on the statistical brink of extinction.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
The costs are pushing some condo owners to the financial brink.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1973, his actions plunged the region into war, brought the superpowers close to the nuclear brink, and caused an oil crisis.
—Gabriel Scheinmann, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2015
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“Brink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brink. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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