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[fin-ish] / ˈfɪn ɪʃ /








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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5.8% to finish the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Somehow Serra upset Sherman Oaks Notre Dame last week, then won a coin flip to finish in third place in the Mission League.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"They'll learn all of our financial products, how to draft credit papers for submission to lenders, and how to build meaningful relationships with our customers. They'll progress to running transactions from start to finish."

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Otherwise I'll just finish the job," he told Fox News.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

I finish the first chapter, but I’m not sure I can take any more.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

With warm natural finishes and sleek architectural details, it’s a serene escape conveniently located in a peaceful hillside pocket above the Sunset Strip.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

To all USC administrators, donors and Trojans family: If your head coach finishes a football game at the collegiate level with negative rushing yards, he should be fired before the plane boards!

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

This is a team that only does batting practice after it finishes choreo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

If Russell or Hamilton do not win, Antonelli will be champion next Sunday no matter where he finishes.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

After a baby finishes his 12th month, we all say that the child is one year old; he has finished his first 12 months of life.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Bespoke had tallied only five other days since 1990 when the S&P 500 finished more than two standard deviations below its 50-day moving average while more than a quarter of its stocks screened as overbought.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

"But now I feel like I've finished what I started," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Antetokounmpo finished with 30 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, but the Lakers surged in the third quarter, outscoring Miami 32-21 to cruise to victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Assets under management finished at $1.07 trillion, up 2.6% from the previous quarter, helped by $30 billion of net inflows during the quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Swaying with exhaustion, Torak finished enlarging the snow cave, and walled up the entrance again, leaving a gap at the top to let out the smoke from the fire he’d promised himself.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

After brief stints with the Atlanta Braves and Angels, he spent nine seasons with the New York Yankees, helping them to a World Series title in 2009 and finishing second in MVP voting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Luka Doncic continues his recent run of dominance, finishing with 42 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds in a 138-117 win over the Miami Heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Lose the first game at Hampden and the nightmare scenario of finishing bottom - and suffering relegation to League C - is also still a possibility.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

As Stewart was finishing secondary school, Dormand encouraged the 14-year-old to consider drama school and a career as an actor, but he demurred, saying people like him didn’t become professional actors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s better working, finishing the tilling, and knowing when you’re done, you can be cool in the barn.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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