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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The popular program that gives hundreds of thousands of Dreamers temporary legal status — DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — has been teetering on the brink of disappearing.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Scorched by multiple fires, the property was teetering on the edge of being a blight and a nuisance in downtown San Jose, in the view of some observers.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Scorched by multiple fires, the property was teetering on the edge of being a blight and a nuisance in downtown San Jose, in the view of some observers.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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