A decade ago the country seemed on the verge of disaster with the FARC on the ascendancy, but now the war there is all but over. (businessinsider.com)
If you start the clock in 2007, we are nearing a decade of talking about the U.S. economy as either being on the verge of disaster, in the throes of the worst recession since the Great Depression, or stuck in an endless and disappointing recovery. (canadianbusiness.com)
The Pentagon alone has made 3,500 loans and subsidies to shore up small firms on the verge of disaster. (religion-online.org)