end of the line

Example Sentences

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“You’d like to terminate a pregnancy?” the person on the other end of the line confirmed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The MetroCard, a scuffed yellow rectangle that lived in wallets, coat pockets and the bottoms of tote bags for more than three decades, is officially reaching the end of the line.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

So when Swift takes a phone call in the documentary and says, "Baby", the whole theatre erupts - knowing through pop culture osmosis exactly who is on the other end of the line.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

If this is the end of the line for Kershaw, however, he is going out on his own terms.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025

But when they had come almost to the end of the line one looked up glancing keenly at the hobbit.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien