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brink

noun

ˈbriŋk

Definition of brink

as in verge

an interval of time just before the onset of something was at the brink of death when the rescuers arrived

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Recent Examples of brink Scandal and disgrace In 1978, host Argentina was on a brink of elimination. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 The Timberwolves’ season, again, faces a brink. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 May 2026 Most Americans have health insurance, but that doesn't ease fears of a medical emergency pushing them to the financial brink, a study shows. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026 But with the Trojans on the very brink of the tournament bubble, time is quickly running out on that possibility. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brink

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verge

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Created by Lena Dunham, the series starred Dunham, along with Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, and Jemima Kirke, as women on the verge — of career, love, and many poor choices — in New York City.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Sinner, who needed the title to complete a career Grand Slam of his own, lost to Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerúndolo from the verge of victory, wilting in the heat of Paris and with no little help from an illness.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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