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• The wall texts go to great lengths to interpret the works for us.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• The trio go to great lengths the entire episode to mess with Wilson.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• Popes have shown themselves ready to go to great lengths to avoid that turn.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 July 2021
• To combat this, marketers must go to great lengths to stand out from the crowd.
  — Casey Munck, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• These two love to support each other, and go to great lengths to do so.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 26 Apr. 2023
• Yet to make electric buses work, the CTA has had to go to great lengths and expense.
  — Tom Krisher, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
• The situation grows more fraught when Andres moves in and the boys go to great lengths to get rid of him.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• Someone will go to great lengths to convince you of something false.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The good news is breweries go to great lengths to ensure that these bad batches are the exception, not the norm.
  — Claire Porter, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2021
• Israel will now likely go to great lengths to hunt down those involved.
  — Natan Sachs, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
• Chrishell Stause will go to extreme lengths to support her partner G Flip!
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2023
• Some go to great lengths to answer those questions, and bring closure and relief.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024
• Willing to push morality aside, Sadie is known to go to great lengths to achieve the goals of her assignments.
  — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
• Bucks and bulls are well aware of the tender nature of their antlers during this growing phase and go to great lengths to protect them from harm.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
• When Asaf’s grandfather dies, Anna and Asaf go to extreme lengths to keep the old man’s pension.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
• The trend has not been lost on China and Russia, which go to great lengths to fuel resentment against the U.S.-led order.
  — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2023
• The series was said to follow two ruthless step siblings who would go to great lengths to stay on top of the social pyramid.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
• Trash-talk or gossip Bullies often go to great lengths to make others look bad.
  — Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
• But when people go to great lengths to keep their private lives private, that should be respected.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
• Zekeoney Human Dog Bed Dog lovers will go to great lengths to make sure their furry friends are comfortable and happy.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Tom has said that both of his parents are very supportive and that his mom will go to great lengths to make sure he's being treated well on set.
  — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
• Other patients may not be so lucky, and may have to go to extreme lengths to get their medications.
  — Jessica Klingbaum, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• While publishers sought a fair deal, Google's rivals were willing to go to great lengths to woo publishers away from Google.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
• Some whiskey lovers will go to great lengths to procure a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle, the world’s most coveted bourbon.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2023
• Japanese cattle-breeders go to great lengths to give their cows a zen-like existence.
  — Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 26 July 2021
• The obsessive-compulsive gets caught up in them and will go to extreme lengths to mitigate their voltage.
  — Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
• Patients go to great lengths to pay for fertility services.
  — Zixu Wang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• However, some companies go to great lengths to keep up the ruse, even going so far as to interview candidates for the fake jobs.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 June 2024
• But underneath the joke-dense script is a loving, often moving portrayal of two men who go to extreme lengths to follow a dream.
  — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
• Goldie Hawn shines in one of her first dramatic roles in the story of two criminal parents who kidnap a cop and go to extreme lengths to get their baby boy back.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024