get to the point
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"They're not enriching right now, but they're trying to get to the point where they ultimately can," Rubio said Wednesday.
From Barron's
"It can't get to the point where it is too much, but I enjoy it, getting out of my comfort zone."
From BBC
It is an accomplishment of modern thinking to get to the point where we said, “You can’t go around conquering territory, and to conquer a territory doesn’t mean you have a right to the territory.”
From Salon
It took awhile for me to get to the point where I could even talk about this publicly, especially being in entertainment and trying to maintain a certain persona and image in entertainment where like your ego clashes against your vulnerability and you feeling like you’re weak.
From Los Angeles Times
It took huge coordinated public health efforts to get to the point where we “eliminated” measles in the U.S., which finally happened in 2000.
From Slate
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