: allowing no middle ground between success and failure
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Glenn will also be the defensive play-caller this season, in what some perceive to be a make-or-break year.—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026 Continue reading … POLITICS FUNDING FIGHT — Senate faces make-or-break DHS funding vote as DHS shutdown continues.—FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026 The make-or-break moment for CEOs is contributing to an era of rapid turnover among chief executives, Fortune’s Claire Zillman writes.—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026 Other organizations might have been a little more reluctant to go into what looked like a make-or-break year with a modest haul of offseason acquisitions headlined by a backup center named Luke Kornet.—Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make-or-break