on the edge

Example Sentences

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During the second set, he motioned to Copi to come sit on the edge of the stage and listen to the band.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Zandi said there had not been mass layoffs, but that many companies were "right on the edge."

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

I felt the sense of possibility when I was leaving his house in Ann Arbor, a man on the edge of doing something no one like him has ever done before.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

The endeavor is on the edge of the observatory’s capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This morning the crappies were best in close to shore and we caught seven or eight good ones by hanging right on the edge of the lily pads and casting out to the deeper side.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen