at the threshold

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For a second, our vehicle lingered at the threshold.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

“Do you mind?” he asked, breathless at the threshold.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

We’re all here together, at the threshold of the year that will be.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2024

For icodec, time below 3.0 mmol/L was at the threshold of the internationally recommended targets during weeks 22-26 and below recommended targets during weeks 48-52.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

Letting go of Mamá, I turned toward the source of the footsteps to see the figure of a lone man standing at the threshold of the kitchen door.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall