in extremis

Earl could get a run in midfield in extremis, if injury and fatigue bite hard.

“I wanted to be put in a situation in extremis where I would have no choice but to grow. And I got it.”

Such questions bracket a long history of suicide as a tool of political protest in extremis.

It is a riveting look at a woman in extremis, channeling a lifetime of pain into one final incandescent act of strength and sacrifice.

"Obviously if someone is in extremis, is unwell, we need to treat them. We have a duty to do that," he said.