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brink of collapse

collocation in English

meanings of brinkand collapse


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brink
noun[S]
uk /brɪŋk/ us /brɪŋk/
the point where a new or different situation is about ...
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collapse
noun
uk /kəˈlæps/ us /kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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Examples of brink of collapse


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The poor countries have become poorer, in many areas the environment is on the brinkofcollapse, advances in workers' rights are being dismantled.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The stocks are now on the brinkofcollapse, and political failures are compounded by a natural conservation problem.
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That is a very important question, as in many cases the rural network is teetering on the brinkofcollapse.
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We have driven stocks of bluefin tuna to the brinkofcollapse, and we cannot say now that we are not responsible in any way.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The rail-freight operators are on the brinkofcollapse.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We salvaged the channel tunnel rail link, which was on the brinkofcollapse, refusing to meet the extra demands for £1 billion.
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Hansard archive

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What words of comfort can he give to firms teetering on the brinkofcollapse?
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The economy, indeed the country, is tottering on the brinkofcollapse.
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The way in which he is now tackling it beggars all belief and is bringing his country to the brinkofcollapse.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Many of them are on the actual brinkofcollapse, and they are men, many of them, of quite undoubted capacity, not paying extortionate rents, having had them reduced.
From the
Hansard archive

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In the last few months, we have been getting increasingly bad news about managers who brought their firms to the brinkofcollapse consuming public aid.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
They discover rampant favoritism and a society on the brinkofcollapse.
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In the clutches of a theocratic dictatorship, their society is on the brinkofcollapse.
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It was on the brinkofcollapse and had needed government support to stay afloat.
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This credit freeze brought the global financial system to the brinkofcollapse.
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However financial and staff problems brought the team to the brinkofcollapse.
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The film takes place in 2027, where two decades of human infertility have left society on the brinkofcollapse.
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The line-up changes created renewed drive and enthusiasm in a band that was by then teetering on the brinkofcollapse.
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At the beginning of the 1920s, the company teetered on the brinkofcollapse.
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