hang in the balance
Example Sentences
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“I feel also sorry for the United States,” Solbakken said, “because if they win, that will always hang in the balance for it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
And for that reason, it carries real upside for TPS holders whose lives hang in the balance.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
Their futures hang in the balance, reliant on local government funding or fighting against stigma to gain employment.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
“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.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Sometimes the outcome really does teeter and hang in the balance.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
