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go the limit









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LSU will be playing its fifth game in six days Saturday and would play eight in nine days if the finals go the limit.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

The Velz case in Dusseldorf last week decided Secretary of State Cordell Hull to instruct Professor Dodd to go the limit in demanding satisfaction.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What role, if any, Russian satellite pictures played in convincing Kremlin leaders that the U.S. was prepared to go the limit," Klass writes, "probably is known only to a few Russian leaders."

From Time Magazine Archive

General Johnson, glad to deal with Mike Tighe instead of Earl Forbeck, promised to "go the limit with the steel unions if they'll get down to cases."

From Time Magazine Archive

Black MacQueen would go the limit in deviltry if he set his mind to it.

From Brand Blotters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)




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