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to the point



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brass tacks
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“It got to the point that they were calling me in to help cook on busy days.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

“You get to the point where it’d be pointless to the Iranians to close it because they wouldn’t be interrupting anything and they’d just be cutting themselves off.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It might get to the point where you had to sell some of your stock holdings to generate cash.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The midwife's notes were short and to the point.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

They would only lead to the kind of ghastly articles that “have sickened me to the point of wishing never to see even my name in print again.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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