brink on
Example Sentences
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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
He stood himself on the brink; on the other side were Grey and the squire.
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
"The Active!—that betokens news," observed Bluewater, thoughtfully—for the march of events, at that moment, must necessarily brink on a crisis in his own career.
From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore
