Crosses
Rejects
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Both words in one sentence
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Mary crosses her Despair Event Horizon when Howard rejects her and she attempts suicide, finally revealing the depth of her feelings for him.
Source: Film / The Passionate Friends -
Despair Event Horizon: Gatsby crosses this line when Daisy rejects him.
Source: Literature / The Great Gatsby - Bluto from the Popeye cartoons crosses the line in almost every episode whenever he harms Olive Oyl after she rejects him, which includes kicking Olive off a runaway roller coaster in Abusement Park and trapping Olive in a straight jacket and then approach her menacingly in The Royal Four Flusher.
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