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Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2023

And then consider that Tuscarora took the Bulldogs to the brink on Friday in a 14-13 scare Stone Bridge pulled out on the back of its defense.

From Washington Post Oct. 23, 2017

Analysts point out that the government has neared the brink on reaching crucial financial agreements in the past without marketwide collapse.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2011

The Hawk relaxed from the brink on which he had wavered.

From The Affair of the Brains by Gilmore, Anthony

It cannot be: a brief told moment past, I marked beyond the brink, on the dim wood, The shadow waving.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John




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