brink
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“It is a country on the brink of terminal crisis. People don’t know what’s going to happen next, and most have almost no hope that things will actually improve.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
A decline that sent the index to the brink of bear-market territory began a couple of weeks later.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
During the financial crisis that struck two years later, he played a key role tying up rescue deals that pulled Wall Street banks back from the brink.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
This season hasn't always been easy on the eye, but Arsenal are now on the brink of their first Premier League title in 22 years.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
After a time he brought them to the brink of the narrow gully that they had struck before; but they were now further from the hills.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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