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Six example sentences with brink, each labelled with its topic.
We edged along a narrow path to the brink of the gorge, where the river vanished into white mist.
Travel
Only forty of the birds remained, leaving the species on the brink of vanishing from the wetlands entirely.
Environment
Two missed payrolls pushed the workshop to the brink, and the owner spent the weekend calling every lender.
Business
The airline stood on the brink of default, with a bond payment due Friday and eleven days of cash left.
Finance
Both governments walked to the brink of open conflict before a late night phone call pulled them back.
Politics
Two quarters of shrinking output left the economy on the brink of recession, and every forecast was revised downward.
Economics
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