redline

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This innovation goes back a ways, to Enzo Ferrari himself, who decreed that the power in his cars should always rise, linearly and proportionally, with throttle demand, from low revs to redline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, whose power from the baseline is among the very best when she finds her groove, continued to redline in the second set.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

A lone rider leaves the redline at Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

“AI must be guided in a direction that is conducive to the progress of humanity, so there should be a redline in AI development — a red line that must not be crossed,” without elaborating.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

They were past redline now, flying at 220 miles per hour and in danger of ripping the plane’s wings off.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone