the limit
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Officials said the facility has been repeatedly cited for license violations, “including at one point housing more than 180 dogs,” violating the limit under the animal facility license at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
This also preserves the culinary reason for the limit without overpronouncing it: farmers market ingredients are usually best when they remain recognizable.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Back then the sky seemed to be the limit, and the talk was about competing with the very best.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I asked why the limit was so low, but they couldn’t give me an explanation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
No luxury trains this time, but a cargo car packed to the limit with soldiers in their dark gray uniforms, sleeping with their heads on their packs.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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