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stopping at nothing
verb
Present participle of stop at nothing
Exact(16)
The traffickers "are stopping at nothing," he said.
When she's on, many report, she's a powerhouse, stopping at nothing to get her project off the ground.
The journey towards potential harmony involves Katniss stopping at nothing to kill the man responsible – Donald Sutherland's beard-twirling President Snow – even if it means sacrificing herself.
At the start it's all rather reminiscent of the Dardenne brothers' excellent 1999 Palme D'Or winner Rosetta – a determined, troubled teenager stopping at nothing to make a mark in life.
Far from "stopping at nothing" in pursuit of his goals, however, Hollis's defining characteristic is inactivity, the effects of which leave his wayward sons Jacob and Wes to fend for themselves.
In There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis's character, Daniel Plainview, is driven to distraction by the single-minded pursuit of oil, stopping at nothing to get want he wants.
Similar(44)
And he stopped at nothing.
They would stop at nothing.
"They will stop at nothing.
Will he stop at nothing to succeed?
"Those Luos won't stop at nothing".
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