third rail
Example Sentences
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The union has long viewed a salary cap as a third rail.
If anyone anywhere in Europe is willing to touch that third rail, give them a round of applause.
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
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