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Chongqing has been carved out of the mountains because builders had nowhere to go but up.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Microsoft’s staunch profit margin—the business software segment turns 82% of sales into gross profit—would have nowhere to go but down.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

With cheekbones like his, the “Best Actor” hopeful had nowhere to go but down.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Receivers who lunge and cradle in the air have nowhere to go.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

When morning came, he was almost sorry that he had nowhere to go, no houses to paint, no rooms to paper.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater




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