high time
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The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said it was "high time we move from deadlock to delivery... extremisms and violence carry consequences."
From BBC • May 11, 2026
“It is high time . . . that we take our ignorance more seriously,” Hayek memorably observed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
It’s the weekend before Halloween, high time for the freaks to descend.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
"It is high time that health becomes an issue for formal negotiations, and we hope to see this at COP31" next year, he said.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
It was high time that someone official educated the poor villagers on the benefits of orbs and the powers of the Governor, That was one part of the reason Nok's father had decided to come.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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