at the limit
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He said that summer was the peak period for repairing the energy network, battered through the winter by repeat Russian attacks, meaning the grid was already "operating at the limit of its capabilities".
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
“We are at the limit: The situation is critical and precarious,” Yaima Sardiñas, a manicurist and mother of three, said by phone from Havana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Another, an organophosphate called tributyl phosphate, was right at the limit, according to a Navy toxicologist’s review of the findings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
This selective emission, achieved through insights from quantum physics, maximizes energy conversion and allows for higher efficiencies than previously possible, operating at the limit of the materials' properties.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
It was nevertheless extremely dangerous flying, at the limit of the aircraft’s range, and one of the Italian machines had crashed on the glacier.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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