at the limit

Example Sentences

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Purchasers through the scheme must pass strict affordability checks, and for Andain, the mortgage, rent and service charges put him at the "limit" of what was manageable.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“We are at the limit: The situation is critical and precarious,” Yaima Sardiñas, a manicurist and mother of three, said by phone from Havana.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"Franzoni was certainly skiing at the limit, he always skis at the limit. But he also still has reserves, you improve with each race."

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Another, an organophosphate called tributyl phosphate, was right at the limit, according to a Navy toxicologist’s review of the findings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

Their speedometer topped out at eighty miles an hour, and with his foot to the floor, Barry had them at the limit.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone