beyond reach
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Not every collection is a success: a delicate red-orange shrimp daintily eludes the suction tube, swirling its long antenna as it swims almost triumphantly beyond reach.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
This advance significantly improved scientists' ability to detect particles that had previously been beyond reach.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
The costs of housing and child care are rising beyond reach for many blue-collar people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Substitute Anthony Elanga should have made it 1-1, firing wide a minute after coming on at the start of the second half, but Gvardiol's 51st-minute header put the game beyond reach.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Bent forward at the waist, groping with both hands, he seemed to be chasing some creature just beyond reach, something elusive, a fish or a frog.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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