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finish line

noun as in line where race ends

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The family of a man who died after collapsing at the finish line of a half marathon has said he was the "best son and brother anyone could ask for".

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A month or so ago, with construction crews still plugging along, Ted Koerner lost sight of the finish line.

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The horse that gets to the finish line first is the winner, and that is all there is to it.

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“For all the years I was trying and failing to cross the finish line, it was like a noise in my head, a noise of hope and wanting but also failure and disappointment,” Evans said.

Meanwhile Fire Point is “on the finish line with development of our own Ukrainian ballistic missiles,” she says.

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

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