Sentence examples of "brink" in English

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The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Die kubanische Raketenkrise brachte die Welt an den Rand eines atomaren Krieges.
Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction. Wegen der allumfassenden Russifizierung in Weißrussland ist die weißrussische Sprache am Rande des Aussterbens.
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