verge
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"It is a victory in the sense that no other country in the world was able to broker the ceasefire and we were on the verge of a possible catastrophe. Pakistan averted that," says Basit.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
City crews were on the verge of welding a manhole cover shut in South Los Angeles Wednesday morning when a surprise discovery stopped them in their tracks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The A.I. bubble might finally be on the verge of popping.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Currently, the Ellisons are on the verge of taking over Warner Bros., the parent company of CNN and HBO.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
I’d thought the danger of the Cocoon had been real before, but now that I was on the verge of getting caught, it all seemed to hit home just that much harder.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing verge
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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Metamorphosis
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