finish
Example Sentences
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The two candidates who finish in first and second place in the primary will advance to the November general election, leaving the third-place finisher on the sideline.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
We’d moved out from Brooklyn into a little house—two bedrooms downstairs and two in the unfinished attic if you could finish it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
For the final 10km, only friends and family were permitted to join Jordan and Cian as they raced to the finish.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The men’s team’s highest World Cup finish in the modern era is the quarterfinals in 2002, while U.S. women’s teams have won a record four World Cups.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
I listen to an audiobook, which makes the time go faster, and I finish three miles in twenty-six minutes.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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