go so far as to
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They would go so far as to exclude Ukraine in order to protect what they see as the integrity of Eurovision voting.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
“I’d go so far as to say that the Nortons were the glue that sustained the young artists of the time,” said conceptual artist Charles Gaines.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
These pages on the whaling industry even go so far as to distort Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The Aston Martin driver did not go so far as to forecast the four-time champion would succeed, but stressed that if anyone could do it, it was Verstappen.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
Even now, I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan; after all, it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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