in the balance

Example Sentences

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From Pickaxe Mountain to the Strait of Hormuz, so much that matters still hangs in the balance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

And for that reason, it carries real upside for TPS holders whose lives hang in the balance.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Six years later, Spain's fragile democracy appeared to hang in the balance for several hours as the coup attempt took place.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

And well she might have wept, because in October her presence at the Milan-Cortina Games hung in the balance.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The struggle for power in Rome left Egypt’s future hanging in the balance.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby