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1. He is shivering on the brink.
2. The man was on the brink of death.
3. We stood on the brink of a cliff.
4. Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction.
5. When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
6. Let us hope the world will never be on the brink of a nuclear war.
7. First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.
8. In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.
9. The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
10. Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.
11. Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil.
12. Goldman Sachs: ‘FT was on the brink of “junk” status with both Moody ' s and S & P ' s ’.
13. According to the explanations and information provided by the Icelandic authorities, Sementsverksmiðjan hf. was on the brink of bankruptcy and could not recover through its own resources.
14. da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. and Gonzaga, P. 2002. Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Ararajuba 10 (2): 123-130 [for Glaucidium mooreorum]
15. da Silva, J. M. C., Coelho, G. and Gonzaga, P. 2002. Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil.