out of reach
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Out of reach of American authorities, the Dutch doctor has handled many of the 30,000 prescription packets Aid Access has dispensed so far, according to Poppema.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2022
Out of reach and out of touch, they appear paradoxically familiar and alien.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012
Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' - anonymous, virtually untraceable global networks used by political activists and criminals alike.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2012
But Pablo fell and got up, Green on his shoes, With the football Out of reach.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
Out of reach of all reason, forever would rise That infantine face of Matilda, with eyes So sad, so reproachful, so cruelly kind, That they harrow'd his heart and distracted his mind.
From Lucile by Meredith, Owen
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