hindmost
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And today’s quick-buck mentality is in a hurry to extract and burn as much carbon as possible, devil take the hindmost.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2019
In this article, the writer points out data that suggests defense lawyers who streamline for the sake of efficiency get more cases--devil take the hindmost.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018
Why not just tell it with the bark off, and let the Devil take the hindmost?
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2016
In the broadest sense, the voters have understood that the era of "grab what you can" and the devil take the hindmost, whether that means one's fellow citizens or the planet, is over.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2010
The others pressed on, but he was ever hindmost, pursued by a groping horror that seemed always just about to seize him; and a rumour came after him like the shadow-sound of many feet.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing hindmost
100 SAT Words Beginning with "H"
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The Return of the King
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 24-29
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