Three individuals have been apprehended in the case of the lithium pools,
according to the Prosecutor's Office.
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So far, three individuals have been apprehended in the investigation into
the industrial evaporation pools of Bolivian Lithium Deposits (YLB),
reported ...
down to the wire
At the very last minute; at the end. The term, an Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, alludes to the prac- tice of stretching a wire across and above the track at the start and finish of
a racecourse. Here “down to” actually means the same as “up to,” that is, all
the way to the finishing line. It began to be transferred to occasions other
than horse races about 1900, and appears in print in Down the Line (1901) by
H. McHugh (pseudonym for George Vere Hobart): “Swift often told himself
he could . . . beat him down to the wire.”
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