at the last minute
Example Sentences
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Shoppers would see the total price before they pay for a ticket — but it may be at the last minute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 2000, Bill Clinton switched presidential planes at the last minute while traveling from India to Pakistan, using a decoy aircraft carrying Secret Service agents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
A week before, the forecasts turned, and I rerouted at the last minute to Montreal, to a small park built atop the ruins of Canada’s old Parliament building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I didn't get together with him because he was a footballer so I never considered the footballer life - that he might just have to move at the last minute," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Angela had used a Post-it note to write down the code for standby passengers who’d received a seat assignment at the last minute, and she’d stuck it to her computer screen.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
