famous last words
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Thirty-odd millennia into the future, those are still famous last words.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2023
It may also be a missive to their fans and closes with what will become Townshend’s most famous last words since his “I saw ya!” at the end of “Magic Bus.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2019
The quotation is from Pound’s “Blandula, Tenula, Vagula,” a poem inspired by the famous last words of Emperor Hadrian.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
The book centers on Miles Halter, a reserved student fascinated with famous last words and an enigmatic girl, Alaska Young.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2019
Those were famous last words if I had ever heard them.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
