Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.

The Egyptian security forces subsequent failure to prevent demonstrators from storming Israel s embassy in Cairo brought matters to the brink of calamity.

Think about the critical moment of decision when a megabank, like JP Morgan Chase (with a balance sheet of roughly 2 trillion), may be on the brink of failure.

Youre standing on the brink of disaster.

Northeast Asia on the Brink

A Year on the Brink

Some are actually on the brink of extinction.

Back to the Brink in Ukraine

Is the world economy on the brink of recession?

Its purpose now is on the brink of fulfillment.

Some large EU countries are on the brink of recession.

To the Brink and Back with Iran

While you were trembling On the brink

It also brought both countries to the brink of economic disaster.

History In 1961, India was on the brink of mass famine.

On previous occasions, whenever the financial system came to the brink of a breakdown, the authorities got their act together and pulled it back from the brink.

The world seemed to be teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

We could be on the brink of losing this huge humanitarian operation.

Our livestock was almost at the brink of extinction, protected as well.

For countries on the brink, a merciless logic follows.

Brim , not brink . The next line ends in hymn .

Market Failure and Political Failure

We are on the brink of a historic opportunity, and therefore of a challenge.

Not long ago this country was on the brink of the abyss of destruction.

WASHINGTON, DC American foreign policy stands on the brink of substantial belt tightening.

Political commentators suggested that Ukraine was on the brink of a civil war.

Now, rather than saying that we're on the brink of our own annihilation,

Probability of failure

Failure of leadership.

We urge the Assembly to step back from the brink.

Guinea, with a nasty military junta in power, is on the brink of disaster.

And animals, almost on the brink of extinction, can be given a second chance.

A lot of failure.

The fear of failure.

In fact, most war is a failure of politics, a failure of political imagination.

LONDON Syria is a living nightmare. Egypt hovers on the brink.

The worst drought in 60 years has left millions of people at the brink of starvation.

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.

And now, AP reports that the Gaza phone network is on the brink of collapse.

Our elected reps skidded out of control And drove their cars right over the brink

I'm here to tell you today that you are all on the brink of influence.

And on the brink of the grave we turn to look back and we say,

Failure

Failure

When was the last time you heard somebody talk about failure after failure after failure?