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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From the quaint township of Nibelheim, to the post-industrial crags of Corel, and the arid wastelands on Midgar’s outskirts, Cloud and his companions discover a land teetering on the brink of disaster.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
But underneath the noise, the events all carried the same signal: that far from a rising behemoth, as it is often portrayed by the U.S. media and American leaders, China is teetering on the edge of a cliff.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
The carbon-neutral property sits teetering on the edge of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve but within easy reach of the restaurants and activity of Tulum's Hotel Zone.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
The company, which grew to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic as the maker of one of the only molecular at-home tests for the virus, has been teetering on the edge of insolvency for months.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 22 May 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
But underneath the noise, the events all carried the same signal: that far from a rising behemoth, as it is often portrayed by the U.S. media and American leaders, China is teetering on the edge of a cliff.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
The carbon-neutral property sits teetering on the edge of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve but within easy reach of the restaurants and activity of Tulum's Hotel Zone.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
The company, which grew to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic as the maker of one of the only molecular at-home tests for the virus, has been teetering on the edge of insolvency for months.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 22 May 2024
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