over the edge
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“And it’s just pushing over the edge of just little things that are gonna make this team a constant top-of-the-table contender.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
But at the same time, there is this feeling of: How much can you subject yourself to without it pushing you over the edge?
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Or fans looking for reasons to sell their tickets for huge profits may also be looking for reasons to sell, and the added restrictions for Monday’s game could push them over the edge.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
This was what pushed him over the edge and made him decide to take early retirement, too, in September.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
In the nineteenth century it was claimed, in all seriousness, that Columbus’s contemporaries thought the world was flat and expected him to sail over the edge.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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