America is not at the point of no return.

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We had arrived at the point of no return.

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" He did not make it sound as it was over by underscoring that the Fed is at "a point of no return.

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The leader of Kent County Council, Paul Carter, said at the time that the county had got nearly 20 projects "past the point of no return", before the school revamps were halted.

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