extreme case
Example Sentences
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He’s an extreme case of a phenomenon that has an official name: post-founder syndrome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Describing the offending as "an extreme case", Judge Watson said handing out further custodial sentences for Vines to serve was "the only way to deter him from further offending".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
Eli feels a strong connection to Noah, sometimes feeling what he feels, but as a man of science, he frames it as “some extreme case of transference-counter transference.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
In the most extreme case during the experiment, bonobo Louise had not seen her sister Loretta nor nephew Erin for more than 26 years at the time of testing.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023
“I was fighting an extreme case of powerlessness.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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