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in extremis
adjective as in dying
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“People perceive me as this sort of lefty figure; I think I’m more conservative than people think. I just happen to be talking about a government in extremis,” he said.
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Shannon, in extremis, suffers for sins he would rather not be accountable for.
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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.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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