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• Week 2 at the U.S. Open is pushing players to the limit.
  — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Oregon State’s offense has yet to be stretched to the limit.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• First, the two front legs were made fast to the frame, then the two hind legs were stretched almost to the limit and tied to the opposite end of the frame.
  — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
• The Bantams have, indeed, pushed their season to the limit.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
• One of the prize-winning trophies was a very good set of desert-ram horns on a very small scalp that had been stretched to the limit in mounting.
  — Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• And the South Africans pushed Sweden to the limit before giving up the winner on a 90th-minute corner kick.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• That same year, San Antonio was pushed to the limit against Dallas.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
• That number will obviously need to come down to the limit of 85.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• These were artists intent on pushing themselves to the limit.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• Nonaste was made specifically for those of us who push ourselves to the limit.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• The program is so grueling that at least 50% to 60% don't make it through Hell Week, when candidates are pushed to the limit.
  — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2022
• Here some of the top driving schools in the US where you can get introduced into the art of driving performance cars to the limit.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Of course in pop culture, cowboys are stoic loners who push their bodies and minds to the limit.
  — Andy Dunn, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• Not all safety net hospitals say they are being stretched to the limit.
  — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
• The ensuing hours, as Bahr sought emergency treatment from halfway across the world, pushed her nerves to the limit.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• But right now, their resourcefulness is being stretched to the limit.
  — Ismail Auwal Taiwo Aina, New York Times, 11 June 2024
• The travel blogger takes it to the limit one more time in this new outdoor adventure series.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• With practically every scene, Charles encourages the cast to push things to the limit.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Samsung has rarely pushed the Z Fold series to the limit of camera technology.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The program is so grueling that at least 50 percent to 60 percent don’t make it through Hell Week, when candidates are pushed to the limit.
  — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2022
• After its own departures, the Tide will need to adhere to the limit of 85 scholarship players.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023
• Genius Pre Workout Powder Looking to push your workouts to the limit?
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2023
• With firefighting forces stretched to the limit, Greece has called on other European countries for help.
  — Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• The Great Depression had strained food sources to the limit, and producers, like many Americans, were desperate to stay afloat.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• And while he’s pushed his body to the limit, Renner says his mental fortitude has helped him most during recovery.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• When a time limit is reached, a tool issues a pop-up warning—but then offers to add time to the limit, or to suspend it indefinitely.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2024
• In the early days of VFX, crews were constantly pushed to the limit with extended render times that didn’t allow filmmakers to see the finished shots until late in the process.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• The training is supposed to push you to the limit mentally and physically — and there’s no guarantee of passing muster.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• They definitely weren't expected to push the New York Yankees to the limit before running out of rallies.
  — Tom Withers, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
• That’s been pushing miners’ margins to the limit lately, with the inflated cost of gas contributing to high electricity prices across the globe.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024