teetering on the brink/edge of
idiom
: close to being in a specified state or condition
The countries are teetering on the brink of war.
The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction.
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Bob’s entrepreneurial journey was riddled with struggle—brushing up against home foreclosure, teetering on the edge of losing his car, facing the relentless uncertainty that comes with building something from nothing.
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In the aftermath, with their bodies teetering on the edge of destruction, Ne Zha embarks on a quest to obtain an elixir to restore Ao Bing’s body, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy in the process.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
For a couple of years now, Germany’s economy has been sluggishly teetering on the edge of a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of gross domestic product declines.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
This ability allows females to reproduce without males, a genetic lifeline for species teetering on the brink of extinction.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
In the aftermath, with their bodies teetering on the edge of destruction, Ne Zha embarks on a quest to obtain an elixir to restore Ao Bing’s body, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy in the process.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
For a couple of years now, Germany’s economy has been sluggishly teetering on the edge of a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of gross domestic product declines.
—Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
This ability allows females to reproduce without males, a genetic lifeline for species teetering on the brink of extinction.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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