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
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
Improvisation, for the most part, is what guides them along, giving them chances to live on the edge and, in turn, to generate a different program each night.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
We live on the edge of wilderness and consequently the meat smell brings any number of visitors from the woods.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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