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end up

verb as in become eventually

verb as in to reach or arrive at

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Three of the candidates targeted by the cardrooms ended up losing, including the bill’s author, Democratic Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton.

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As the ordinance will force outlets to either hire more people or cut the number of self-checkout kiosks, the California Grocers Assn. warned that consumers could end up facing longer lines and higher grocery prices.

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This strategy means the fund’s gains may be capped in a strong bull market, since call options end up being exercised when stocks rise sharply.

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Starkey hopes the snake ends up like another animal that nearly went extinct but has since rebounded — Hawaii’s state bird, the Nēnē.

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Some of the 37 prisoners would have ended up at the Florence prison anyway.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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