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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Roughly 20 million were teetering on the brink of starvation.
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Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2021
The country, according to Republicans, is teetering on the edge of a fiscal, moral and demographic demise.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Listen to this article A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a southern Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the Upper Midwest.
—Margery A. Beck, Twin Cities, 26 June 2024
Afghanistan is now teetering on the edge of a humanitarian disaster.
—Justyna Gudzowska, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Robert Malley, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2021
The country, according to Republicans, is teetering on the edge of a fiscal, moral and demographic demise.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Listen to this article A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a southern Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the Upper Midwest.
—Margery A. Beck, Twin Cities, 26 June 2024
Afghanistan is now teetering on the edge of a humanitarian disaster.
—Justyna Gudzowska, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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