cross the Rubicon
Example Sentences
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The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, an association of 42,118 U.S. congregations, said Hispanic churches “are about to cross the Rubicon into thriving.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2023
In a way, they did cross the Rubicon, so to speak, and started describing him as a liar, and also tried to document what he was really up to.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2020
Once you cross the Rubicon of the eighth decade, a year is a very long time.
From Slate • May 19, 2020
What finally made me cross the Rubicon of the show’s bluster was a video of some hummingbirds.
From The New Yorker • May 24, 2019
Mr. Botha had long talked about the need to cross the Rubicon, but he never did it himself until that morning at Tuynhuys.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
