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Two productions teetered on the $2M brink: Gypsy ($1,818,235, with press comps keeping the number down); and Sunset Blvd.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Engram had a renaissance year in 2023 amassing 963 yards in all 17 games, but the Jaguars fell just short of the playoff brink.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The boardwalk will replace the steps that lead to the viewing platform at the waterfall's brink, with benches installed along the way, said Kevin Dennis, Tahquamenon Falls State Park supervisor in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Parks and Recreation Division.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
Reports New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers
Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
The Saints have struggled after a hot start to the season, however.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Engram had a renaissance year in 2023 amassing 963 yards in all 17 games, but the Jaguars fell just short of the playoff brink.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The boardwalk will replace the steps that lead to the viewing platform at the waterfall's brink, with benches installed along the way, said Kevin Dennis, Tahquamenon Falls State Park supervisor in the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Parks and Recreation Division.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
Reports New York Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start and apparent tension with Aaron Rodgers
Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
The Saints have struggled after a hot start to the season, however.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brink
verge
Noun
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Even prior to the court-packing plan, a series of cases challenging Roosevelt's plan to take the U.S. off the gold standard and prohibit payment of debts brought the country to the verge of a constitutional crisis.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Another great performance in a go-for-broke horror flick about a woman well over the verge of a nervous breakdown.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025
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