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For a few days, the entire biosphere seemed to be on the verge of destruction.

A property bubble in Bulgaria seems to be on the verge of bursting, though this has still to filter through to the rest of the economy.

While Apple did make Macs, the company had been losing sales for years and was commonly considered to be on the verge of extinction.

However, Baggio could now be on the verge of a sensational return with the Old Lady prepared to offer him the Vice-President role.

I decided to remove myself from my computer and the implication that I might be on the verge of a good idea.

Despite a year of government effort, a tentative recovery in the housing market appears to be on the verge of stalling.

Long afterward she confided that she had felt herself to be on the verge of a mental breakdown.

A rusty pan sits between her spread knees and she seems to be on the verge of giving birth.

But as The Economist went to press, they too seemed to be on the verge of striking a deal, just as the derisive Mr Erdogan had predicted.

This pressure reduction causes the liquid refrigerant to be on the verge of becoming a gas but it is still a liquid at this specific point.

She may be on the verge of even greater freedom after cutting her ties with the owners of her magazine.

Our sun may be on the verge of a relatively long snooze, as researchers have found solar energy output could decrease in the coming decades.

Particle accelerators could be on the verge of finding evidence for high energy supersymmetry in the next decade.

Physicists, in particular, have long believed themselves to be on the verge of explaining almost everything.

Only needs some grain of such particle to enter the lungs, then may cause people's life to be on the verge of death.

A few more days, and the company will be on the verge of bankruptcy.

Believe it or not, experts say we may even be on the verge of an epidemic of affluenza.

A century later, might scientists tinkering with another apparently inefficient process be on the verge of another unexpected breakthrough?

Did we call it, or did we call it? Facebook may be on the verge of striking a deal with China's largest search engine, Baidu.

Will villagers permit trucks laden with grain headed for port cities to proceed when they themselves may be on the verge of starvation?

A few more days- and the company will be on the verge of brokency.

He also warned the market may be on the verge of overselling the dollar the same way it did the euro in June.

Next, natural resources will be on the verge of exhaustion providing that everyone wants to possess such products.

There are rumors North Korea might be on the verge of another famine.

and the company will be on the verge of bankruptcy.

Traianos Dellas could be on the verge of the unthinkable by swapping Roma for city rivals Lazio.

We could be on the verge of the first-ever big cat extinction since prehistoric times.

If you don't watch your budget carefully, you may be on the verge of deep debt.

Central Somalia may now be on the verge of another turbulent period.

French banks have been a big target of traders in recent days amid rumors that one or more of them may be on the verge of collapse.

By my age I always imagined I'd be on the verge of retirement, comfortable with who I was.

Some say Hong Kong could be on the verge of a bubble burst that could sink housing prices as it did in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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