on the line
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“Working families put a lot on the line when they take out a loan,” Rayfield said, “and they deserve lenders who treat them fairly and follow the law.”
From Salon
With a spot in the Final Four on the line, the Huskies had already battled back from a 19-point deficit.
“You know, my senior season is on the line, so I kind of got to wake up a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times
In the village of Pusztavacs in central Hungary, election posters on electricity poles remind voters of a looming poll, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's future is on the line.
From Barron's
CEO Nikesh Arora put his own money on the line to buy up the beleaguered cybersecurity stock as it got weighed down by concerns about a new Anthropic AI model.
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