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• Young leaves the dinner upset and on the verge of tears.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• And with that, Ohio State could be on the verge of naming who will take the first snap of the 2023 season.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Dodgers were on the verge of a very different ending.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• The Tigers trailed most of the way on Wednesday, and at times things seemed to be on the verge of getting out of hand.
  — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
• Then there’s Brazil, which always seems on the verge of a breakout.
  — Anne M. Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
• Spieth on the verge of missing the cut Jordan Spieth is on the wrong side of the cut line.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Paris is on the verge of the summer Olympics, so the city, which is always lovely, seems to sparkle in look and mood.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 7 Mar. 2024
• The City Council is on the verge of declaring a state of emergency.
  — Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
• The game was on the verge of possibly getting away from the Chicago White Sox.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• For pretty much all of my life, a 10-minute jog or even a quick sprint left me on the verge of throwing up.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Mar. 2024
• But in recent weeks, that deal has appeared on the verge of falling apart.
  — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• The Indian state of Manipur is on the verge of civil war.
  — Time, 13 July 2023
• Pilar Guzmán had $46 in the bank and her business was on the verge of bankruptcy 16 years ago.
  — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
• At the same time, his company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• Within a week of landing near the south pole, Odysseus was on the verge of powering down for good.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• Wall Street believes its soft-landing dream is on the verge of coming true.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2023
• Fort Smith, however, now appears to be on the verge of a new golden era.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
• The Warriors have won nine of their last 10 and are on the verge of ending the regular season on a hot streak for the fourth time in as many years.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• The consensus: The fans who cared and those on the verge of abandoning ship had seen enough of a toothless offense.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• The teens, who had been on the verge of calling 911, told him they were headed to prom, Rintamaki says.
  — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
• With six current members set to leave for the Big 12 and Big Ten, the Pac-12 is suddenly on the verge of extinction.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• The pressure on the system that Trump had noticed was the sense that the religious right was on the verge of being driven out.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2024
• Either way, Ukraine is on the verge of ticking one of the last weapons off its wish list of American support.
  — Mathias Hammer, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
• But the team’s recent nosedive has put him on the verge of a less desirable record: most all-time losses.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
• In Game 6, the Celtics trailed with less than five minutes left and their championship dreams were on the verge of being flattened.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• In Game 6, the Celtics trailed with less than five minutes left and their championship dreams were on the verge of being flattened.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• With less than 24 hours to go before that floor vote, Jordan is on the verge of winning over the holdouts in his party.
  — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
• Southern Miss’ Frank Gore Jr. has 2,920 yards rushing in his college career and is on the verge of a milestone.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• The West Bank’s already fragile economy is on the verge of collapse.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
• Now his Jayhawks were on the verge of collapse late in what turned into a 76-68 upset loss to unranked BYU.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024