was at the brink of death when the rescuers arrived
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Local wages, however, haven’t kept pace, pushing more and more households toward the financial brink.—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 The pandemic brought many of us to similar brinks.—Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 The strains on international enrollment only add to distress for schools already on the financial brink.—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 That Maggie had gone to the very brink of extinguishing Negan.—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for brink
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse brekka slope; akin to Middle Dutch brink grassland
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