bordering on
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Percival also warned that alerting lawmakers would be seen as “in bad faith and bordering on material misrepresentation to Congress.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
In an era dominated by low-cost index funds and exchange-traded funds, Danoff managed to stand out by consistently beating the market—a feat modern academic research suggests is exceedingly rare, bordering on the impossible.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
"I think it's bordering on an insult," Mr Turner said.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
These recent readings represent not just extreme optimism but are bordering on irrational exuberance.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
Although Perotin’s use of chords would have to be described as eccentric bordering on haphazard, by the time of Machaut the general menu of approved-of chords was in fact extremely limited.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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