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- closure
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- close
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- consummation
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- epilogue
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- wane
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- break
- breakoff
- coup de grace
- desistance
- swan song
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It was a flat ending to a nine-play, 70-yard drive, during which Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady hit wide receiver Mike Evans for 31 yards.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe extended cut was originally released after BioWare faced backlash for the controversy surrounding the game’s endings, which players felt did not reflect their in-game choices up until that point.
Everything we know about ‘Mass Effect: Legendary Edition’: No multiplayer, ‘Mass Effect 1’ changes | Elise Favis | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostAs I sat for hour after hour, trying to put words to these experiences, I struggled with the fact that there was no ending.
While there is much to enjoy in “The Rib King,” the ending goes off the rails a bit, with too many minor characters and plot points introduced too swiftly.
Ladee Hubbard’s ‘The Rib King’ is a fascinating look at ambition, race and revenge | Naomi Jackson | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe ending was particularly painful, but the ride was electric.
Ranking Washington football seasons in the Daniel Snyder era from least to most fun | Scott Allen | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostFor many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd more than that—the world is ending because of the changes that many of us see as positive.
The blast was so strong,” he said, “we thought the world was ending.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy is the ‘Kroll Show’ ending its hilarious run after only three seasons?
Later, as I was writing the book, I discovered the power of another reason for ending my book, basically, in 1978.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.
Certainly there are no five miles equal in rugged grandeur to those beginning just below and ending above West Point.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIn the operations ending in Ulm the second corps formed part of the left wing.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonFrom an active state of resistance the ego traversed a descending curve ending in absolute passivity.
Dope | Sax RohmerThis is the proper ending to every demand for an encore in “Le Grillon,” and it never fails to bring one.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
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