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in extremis

adjective as in dying

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Shannon, in extremis, suffers for sins he would rather not be accountable for.

And to many of his fellow drivers, Verstappen can drive in extremis in a manner they do not find acceptable.

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Earl could get a run in midfield in extremis, if injury and fatigue bite hard.

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“I wanted to be put in a situation in extremis where I would have no choice but to grow. And I got it.”

Such questions bracket a long history of suicide as a tool of political protest in extremis.

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