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be out of line





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Holt noted that the city made sure that its bed-tax rate wouldn’t be out of line compared to competing municipalities.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Kelly said the issue needed more study, saying the new penalties for killing a police dog would be out of line with other, more severe crimes, “without justification.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is 81-years-old presently, agrees with Pence that these tests would be out of line, calling them "absurd."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023

A loving bystander who presumes to alert her to this, even unsolicited — just once, as always — wouldn’t be out of line.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

The tower, which will be seen to be out of line with the axis of the nave, is richly ornamented with niches.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.




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