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

It offends our values,". The president says the goal now must be to ensure that these kinds of abuses do not happen again, and that regulations are imposed that prevent the kind of risky deals that drove AIG to the verge of bankruptcy in the first place."

VOA: standard.2009.03.19