draw the line at
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A 10% decline should be easy to handle, but some investors draw the line at 5%.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
"Although I do draw the line at certain Christmas songs being played too early, I think they should be banned."
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
“I have to draw the line at some point,” Brenner said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
But they draw the line at using distillation to produce or improve competing products — such as R1, a potential competitor for OpenAI’s ChatGPT models.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
No, there wasn't much he'd draw the line at.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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