Thesaurus / verge
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A strategy more than four decades in the making now stands on the verge of complete success.
HOW PRESIDENTS HAVE SHAPED THE US SUPREME COURT – AND WHY THE CHOICE OF ITS NEXT JUSTICE IS SO CRUCIALLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 23, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSIn June, India’s shadow banking sector was on the verge of collapse.
CHARTED: HOW INDIA’S $370 BILLION SHADOW BANKING SECTOR IS SURVIVING THE ECONOMIC SLUMPPRATHAMESH MULYESEPTEMBER 22, 2020QUARTZIt may not be TikTok, but Microsoft is on the verge of acquiring a lineup of popular video game titles that could help grow its consumer and video game businesses.
WHAT MICROSOFT GETS BY BUYING GAME PUBLISHER BETHESDA SOFTWORKS IN A $7.5 BILLION DEALJONATHANVANIAN2015SEPTEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNEWisconsin’s Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative was on the verge of ending operations in 2016 when itreceived a lifesaving $30 million loan, said CEO Cathy Mahaffey.
ONLY THREE OF 26 OBAMACARE-ERA NONPROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE CO-OPS WILL SOON REMAINLBELANGER225SEPTEMBER 6, 2020FORTUNEFor those efforts, they now get first dibs at drafting a player who could bring them from the verge of success to consistent playoff appearances.
FIRST THE NEW YORK RANGERS MADE THE POSTSEASON. THEN THEY GOT THE NO. 1 DRAFT PICK.JULIAN MCKENZIEAUGUST 13, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHe was on the verge of moving on from the project when a single late-night experiment made everything fall into place.
A BACTERIAL TOXIN ENABLES THE FIRST MITOCHONDRIAL GENE EDITORJACK J. LEEJULY 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAs a result of nonpayment of assessed contributions, we have seen several instances where the WHO has been on the verge of bankruptcy.
EXPLAINER: WHAT DONALD TRUMP’S FUNDING CUTS TO WHO MEAN FOR THE WORLDLGBTQ-EDITORAPRIL 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSLate into the night they lingered on the veranda, and he found himself on the verge of confessing all to her.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXIt was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERA coward by nature, he had been on the verge of a nervous breakdown before the trial, thinking of what might happen.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO VERGE
- absolute
- bitter end
- border
- bottom line
- bound
- bourne
- breaking point
- brim
- brink
- cap
- ceiling
- check
- circumscription
- conclusion
- confinement
- confines
- curb
- cutoff point
- deadline
- destination
- edge
- end
- end point
- extremity
- farthest point
- farthest reach
- fence
- finality
- goal
- limitation
- margin
- maximum
- obstruction
- restraint
- restriction
- rim
- termination
- the max
- the most
- tops
- ultimate
- utmost
- verge
- abut
- adjoin
- be in contact
- border
- brush
- butt on
- caress
- come together
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- dab
- examine
- feel
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- handle
- impinge upon
- inspect
- join
- kiss
- lay a finger on
- line
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- osculate
- palm
- partake
- pat
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- reach
- rub
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- strike
- stroke
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- tap
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- toy
- verge
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