draw the line
Example Sentences
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It is, no doubt, an encouraging sign that five justices will still draw the line somewhere.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Decisions about where to draw the line determine when an algorithmic suspicion becomes a real-world police action, even though the public rarely sees or debates how those thresholds are set.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The company has struggled to implement the policy consistently because of differing views on where to draw the line on users’ privacy, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
"This study shows that there's a speciation 'gray zone' that can make it hard to draw the line," Chan said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
No, there wasn't much he'd draw the line at.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
