utmost extent
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But with a 16-year playoff drought that has become an oversized albatross that haunts every fan, it’s a goal well worth pursuing to the utmost extent.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2018
"This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the Constitution."
From Time ● Feb. 2, 2011
But Laura followed her guide to the utmost extent of the passage, till they looked out again upon the sea.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
According to Faria y Sousa, he went twenty-five leagues further, to the river Del Infante, which, till passed by Gama, was the utmost extent of the Portuguese discoveries.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
Madame Moreau seized this hand, turned the palm upwards, and opened the line between the thumb and forefinger to its utmost extent.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
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