Today,the species is on the verge of extinction.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

"I think the American people are on the verge of a very big win in health care reform early in the next year,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

In the life sciences, the journal's editors noted advances in gene therapy something that has long seemed on the verge of a breakthrough.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

He terms the rebel's announcement a joke as they are on the verge of being totally defeated.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Analysts warn Turkey could be on the verge of again descending into a spiral of violence.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom;

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The White House says the American people are on the "verge" of health-care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

The LTTE,in a statement, says 150,000 civilians, on the verge of starvation in the sliver of coastal land they still control, can only be helped by a halt in the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Economists say India's purchase of 200 tons of gold shows that the country has come a long way in the two decades since it was on the verge of defaulting on its international debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The Cardinals looked on the verge of winning their first Super Bowl title when Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger organized a drive capped by a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes to win the game in the waning seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

It's all we have to go on,at the moment." Sri Lanka's military says it is on the verge of totally defeating the LTTE, which has waged a violent campaign for decades to split the island and create an independent Tamil homeland in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11