too great
Example Sentences
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"In communities the length and breadth of our nation, we are hearing the same story - people saving what they can but finding that the cost of a deposit is simply too great a barrier."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Today, he is one of the country’s most prominent prisoners—an army officer whose stature inside the ranks makes him too great a threat to be released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The need was just too great, thought Gil, to stand by and do nothing.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
He said he can't lose hope that "one day a social revolution will allow me to go back, but for now the risk is too great".
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
“Yet the idea of freedom might be too great a temptation for them to resist.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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