end of the line
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If you know that you can pay off your purchase within the introductory no-interest period, “that can be a phenomenal tool,” Blancaflor said, “But whatever the card’s specific intro period is, if you don’t pay it off between that time, you’re stuck with the interest at the end of the line.”
From MarketWatch
Appeared in the November 13, 2025, print edition as 'It’s the End of the Line For Pennies in the U.S.'.
As criminals increasingly use generative AI to mimic real people’s voices and con their loved ones, it has become critical to authenticate the voice on the other end of the line.
This is perhaps one of the album’s most important moments, in that the listener only hears Allen’s side of the conversation, never the voice that is ostensibly giving her some heartwrenching news on the other end of the line.
From Salon
If this is the end of the line for Kershaw, however, he is going out on his own terms.
From Los Angeles Times
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