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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Less than a year into Israel’s massive military operation in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, the Middle East is teetering on the brink of an all-out regional war.
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Rebecca Picciotto,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
By the end of 2006, Iraq appeared to be teetering on the edge of civil war.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
Yearslong efforts by autocrats to undermine the free press have given cover to leaders in places teetering on the edge of democracy to do the same.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
The new lawsuit comes as the House settlement was already teetering on the brink of collapse, following a hearing last week in which U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken declined to grant preliminary approval.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Rebecca Picciotto,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
By the end of 2006, Iraq appeared to be teetering on the edge of civil war.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
Yearslong efforts by autocrats to undermine the free press have given cover to leaders in places teetering on the edge of democracy to do the same.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
The new lawsuit comes as the House settlement was already teetering on the brink of collapse, following a hearing last week in which U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken declined to grant preliminary approval.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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