She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her.

3个月来在医生们奋力挽救她的生命的过程中，她一直处在死亡的边缘。

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This 50 warrior, maybe not going to come back, they do with your life, walk chips at the brink of death.

这50名勇士，也许不打算回来了，他们用生命做筹码，走在死亡的边缘。

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They don't know what I ascend is the province point high school, that time of I have already been on the brink of death, is this a reason?

他们不知道我上的是省重点中学，那个时候的我已经就是病入膏肓了，这是原因？

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He was on the brink of death five times and underwent a gruelling 19 operations, including the removal of three tendons, leaving him with mobility difficulties.

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Last month, near the small town of Ajo, Borstar agents found two Mexican men on the brink of death under a mesquite bush.

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Jobs was still "iCEO" at the time, and the very first iMac was just barely pumping new life into a company that many thought near the brink of death.

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