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point of no return

noun phrase
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  • But what happens when the conflict has gone too far and has reached a point of no return?
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Fukushima Dai-ichi was now beyond the point of no return.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
  • The invasion of Ukraine marked a point of no return in Putin’s long-standing crusade against the West.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The relationship hit the point of no return when Wilson was benched late in the 2023 season.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
  • And, two: Costs are reaching the point of no return and investments will be canceled.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • This is the region around a black hole that represents the ultimate point of no return.
    — Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Pruning your rose is a definite plus, but beware the point of no return.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • But if workaholics truly want to keep working past the point of no return, Taris says, there’s not much anyone can do to stop them.
    — Chris Woolston, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • And Sherbro Island used to historically be the point of no return in the slave trade.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Within 10 seconds, Newgarden had slipped through the fence, hopped the next, scaled the stairs and made his way onto the first platform… and hit a point of no return within the chaos.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 29 May 2023
  • Wow reached a point of no return and knew something had to change after collapsing on stage one night while touring with Chris Brown.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And the scientists affirm that between 20% and 25% of destruction, the forest reaches the point of no return.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Before the conversation could get to a point of no return, the 54-year-old actress left Sutton’s home abruptly.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • There is a fine line within the collapsing region that divides the area where escape is possible from the point of no return.
    — Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The point of no return has been passed, and intelligence is being released faster than norms can be created.
    — David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Upside will call the facility Rubicon—or the point of no return.
    — WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
  • As more countries in the Middle East start to question their alliances and the value of aligning with the United States, the regional landscape changes shape towards the point of no return.
    — Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Some locales still deliver a version of a quaint American summer, while others are past the point of no return, never to be low-key again.
    — Holly Peterson, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Hope, however, is increasingly distraught, whipping up her anger to a point of no return.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Ahead of its series finale on Sunday, Hader had one specific moment that came to mind when he was asked what Barry’s point of no return was in the Emmy-winning show.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 May 2023
  • With the deadline for getting the measure on the Nov. 5 ballot looming, Tuesday’s meeting was a point of no return for ushering through changes to the department’s system for getting rid of bad cops.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • Other observers, however, predict that momentum has already passed a point of no return and full-scale war is inevitable.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Related Stories In the series finale, George’s insatiable lust for power reaches a point of no return.
    — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • In short, Gaza is on the brink of a humanitarian, and possibly political, point of no return.
    — Benedetta Berti, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2017
  • In hindsight, her decision to back the filibuster over passing a voting rights bill in January 2022 may have marked the political point of no return for Sinema.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Triple-digits hot, even occasionally, still, passing that 110-degree point of no return.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The shocking death, motivated by Walt’s own self-preservation, marked the point of no return for the antihero character’s descent into pure villainy.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
  • The situation reached a point of no return in October 2022 when West began his (public) antisemitic tirades, forcing Adidas to sever ties.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2023
  • For restaurateur Craig Susser and other employers like him, that theoretical point of no return has been reached in West Hollywood.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Scientists have theories as to why some black holes behave this way, but aren’t exactly sure if these jets are anchored near the event horizon (that cosmic point of no return) or in some other region within a black hole’s crushing orbit.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023

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