right on
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Asked later whether he was close to making a decision on Iran, he replied: “It’s right on the borderline.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"It's right on the borderline, believe me," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews near Washington when asked where the talks with Iran stood.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
And as for the showstopping pelican, the frog erupts out of its beak right on cue, a moment that indeed inspires a round of laughter and childlike awe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
As she recalls in “Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance,” starting on Jan. 1, she devoted around 10 minutes each day to Tolstoy; she finished the book on Dec. 27, right on schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“Because it looks like we should be right on it.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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