live on the edge
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Tens of thousands of people housed in these monuments to pre-revolutionary Cuba, which were subdivided into apartments after Fidel Castro took power in 1959, live on the edge, literally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
They managed to rent a safe space to live on the edge of Doral, found work and enrolled the boys in school.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
We live on the edge of the Eaton fire zone, and it’s been terrifying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
A documentary about the boy, whose family live on the edge of the Nigerian capital, was announced by Disney last September.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2023
He showed them how to plant corn and how to live on the edge of the wilderness.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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