brink
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Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
When FSG bought Liverpool for £300m in 2010 the club were, according to CEO Billy Hogan, "literally on the brink of bankruptcy".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
This part of Australia is the front line of that crisis: a last stand for many species driven to the brink by feral pests, disease, urban development, habitat destruction and climate change.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Publishing, at that time, was on the brink of upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“You do too have little children who love you,” she said, on the brink of tears.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
“Terry gone need a brinks truck,” Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves tweeted shortly after Kirk’s deal.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
This week, talks are on the brinks of collapse, the British government may be breaking the law, and terrifying deadlines are looming.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2020
Speaking of brinks, Oregon seemed to find one hurriedly.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
No one else could have moved Sierra Leone from the brinks of collapse to the threshold of prosperity with the time Pa Kabba did.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2014
O slippery brinks and solitudes of snow And granite bleakness, where the vulture screams!
From The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal by Various
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