boil down to
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What is especially galling, some victims said, is that their compensation for years of fighting for justice will boil down to a day’s pay for a Purdue attorney like Huebner, who charges $2,935 an hour.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
This could boil down to Sam Darnold versus Matthew Stafford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
The options essentially boil down to working longer and retiring later, increasing savings now, or decreasing your lifestyle expenses, Williams said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
We used to discuss some of these matters, but we both knew the question would boil down to my saying, “Ted, you decide.”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
