on the edge of
idiom
: very close to (something)
a species on the edge of extinction
The company was teetering on the edge of disaster/bankruptcy.
He was on the edge of saying something when the phone rang.
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With the capture of Bukavu, a city of more than a million people that sits on the edge of a crystalline lake, the M23 rebels would now control the two largest trading hubs in Congo’s mineral-rich east.
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Justin Makangara, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Footage verified from social media illustrates the RSF’s advance; videos show armed fighters wearing the RSF’s hallmark tan camouflage and insignia capturing a militia outpost on the edge of the camp.
—Avery Schmitz, Aleena Fayaz and Kaila Nichols, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The 127-year-old cultural institution on the edge of City Park will be closed to guests on specific days in February and March as workers replace a water main, the Zoo posted on Facebook.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Filmed at the famed Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn, New York on the edge of the Hudson River, the video captures Jonas and Warren as their characters fall in and out of love.
—Staff Author, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Justin Makangara, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Footage verified from social media illustrates the RSF’s advance; videos show armed fighters wearing the RSF’s hallmark tan camouflage and insignia capturing a militia outpost on the edge of the camp.
—Avery Schmitz, Aleena Fayaz and Kaila Nichols, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The 127-year-old cultural institution on the edge of City Park will be closed to guests on specific days in February and March as workers replace a water main, the Zoo posted on Facebook.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
Filmed at the famed Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn, New York on the edge of the Hudson River, the video captures Jonas and Warren as their characters fall in and out of love.
—Staff Author, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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