hang in the balance

So many lives in Gaza still hang in the balance.

Their futures hang in the balance, reliant on local government funding or fighting against stigma to gain employment.

Apart from China, duties for many other countries also hang in the balance.

“Because, respectfully, I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance, I dissent.”

We hear that serious global concerns hang in the balance involving Middle Eastern oil.