end of the line

It lacked the energetic skipping and twirling one would find in, say, a schottische, but the birds managed to switch partners and hold their positions as each couple waddled its way to the end of the line.

There was rustling on the other end of the line.

“Guess what,” said Gibby, her voice happy on the other end of the line.

Appeared in the November 13, 2025, print edition as 'It’s the End of the Line For Pennies in the U.S.'.

By the time they called UBS, the big Swiss bank, they knew enough not to answer when the guy on the other end of the line asked them how much money they had.