by no stretch
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Even then, "by no stretch of imagination can Suri be associated with anything unlawful", one of his professors from Jamia told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
"I wasn’t prepared for them, by no stretch of imagination coming into the season."
From Fox News • Jan. 5, 2022
“While street wisdom is that Evergrande is not a ‘Lehman risk’, it is by no stretch of the imagination any meaningful comfort,” analysts at Mizuho wrote in a client note.
From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2021
Service, in this case, is not its own reward and by no stretch worth the sacrifice.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2017
But in truth the subject bored Madame de Lionne, since her personality could by no stretch of reckless gossip be connected with this affair.
From A Set of Six by Conrad, Joseph
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