on the line
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"We really did put everything on the line for me to be able to make it," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I can’t think of any archetype of man that fits that description more today than capital allocators that put it all on the line every day in the markets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Like many of the patients it serves, MLK hospital’s very survival is on the line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Anyhow, I put my hand on the line and give it a tug and then a weird thing happens.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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