1. It went to the brink of civil war in 2001.

2. The Clippers are on the brink of just their third playoff series victory since Sterling bought the team in 1981.

3. Western military officials caution that the United States and Russia are not on the brink of war.

4. But having pulled back from the brink this time, their leverage would be lessened.

5. I had to stop because I had everything and I was absolutely broken inside, she said, on the brink of crying.

6. In the process, she also cleared her roommate, who was on brink of a return to normal school.