capper

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted the country's life expectancy has dropped two years in a row — it's at 76.1 years as of 2021 — a dismal capper to four decades of lagging gains.

From Salon

It also goes into the changing attitudes about sex work on film in "Pretty Woman" and its implication in "Indecent Proposal" and ends midseason with analyses on the work of unbelievably successful Joe Eszterhas, the screenwriter of hits like "Flashdance" "Basic Instinct" and finale capper "Showgirls."

From Salon

But the movie is also willing to poke fun at its own politics when, minutes later, Nimona sabotages a losing game of Monopoly with a comic rant about overthrowing our oppressors, and, as a capper, feigns sudden death.

From New York Times

“There is no shortage of village elders who he could give the seat to as a career capper,” Schnur said.

From Seattle Times

“It’s a phenomenon,” one of the Waldos, Steve Capper, once reflected.

From Seattle Times