come to the point
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"I'm still not out of the woods yet and it might come to the point where I won't have any representation and I don't know what I'll do," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025
“I think it’s come to the point where the science community recognizes that a fairly significant degree of climate disruption and damage and suffering is pretty inevitable.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
"People were coming up with very exotic solutions to these puzzles, and now we've come to the point where we can resolve all of them," Kara says.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
We have come to the point of income inequality that if you are older and unable to work, homelessness is a real threat throughout the Golden State.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023
To tell the truth, he was very reluctant to start, now that it had come to the point.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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