Ceiling in example sentence

The Gallup Index dropped sharply between the first week of July and the first week of August – the period when US political leaders worried everyone that they would be unable to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling and prevent the US from defaulting on August 2.

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So for a long time in the economic sphere, we've lived with the term "glass ceiling."

For one thing, it puts men and women in a really antagonistic relationship with one another, because the men are these devious tricksters up there who've put up this glass ceiling.

And we're always below the glass ceiling, the women.

And we have a lot of skill and experience, but it's a trick, so how are you supposed to prepare to get through that glass ceiling?

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