third rail

Example Sentences

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Lehotsky argued plainly that “It’s the constitutional third rail, or it should be, for the government to insist it can engage in viewpoint discrimination.”

From Salon

While we’re making the show and while Dan and the writers are putting it together, there’s sort of this invisible third rail.

From Los Angeles Times

“You can touch this mythical third rail and live to see another day.”

From Los Angeles Times

They are not called the third rail for nothing.

From Salon

But it turns out that he might just be touching the real third rail.

From Salon