on the edge of
Example Sentences
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They encouraged landowners plant food sources on the edge of crop fields or on farmland which did not yield much produce.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Lebanon has long teetered on the edge of being a failed state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Slice up cucumbers, red onions, carrots, radishes, jalapeños — whatever vegetables you have hovering on the edge of being forgotten — and drop them into the jar.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
The company famously teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1996, surviving only through a $5 million cash injection from the Japanese videogame developer Sega.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Nanuq put his front paws up on the edge of the metal pipe and sniffed at it, like he was thinking about coming in after them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
