go to any length
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"Anyone who has a child like my daughter - that could potentially die from these seizures - as a mother you go to any length for her," says Elaine.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
“I knew then that the group believes the ends justify the means and they would go to any length to smear me, which they did,” Boyle said via text message.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
On the best TV shows, emotionally battered characters go to any length to postpone grief, or sever it, or take it on a vacation, only to find that it won’t be denied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
He theorizes that the Bedouin adoption of rice — a costly foreign grain — as a central ingredient in their cuisine may stem from their famed willingness to go to any length to demonstrate generosity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
The committee permitted him to go to any length he pleased, untrammelled by any rules of evidence; and he availed himself of the license to the fullest extent.
From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Stephen Johnson Field
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