last-ditch
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By the time his freshman season began, Mestemaker had risen from a last-ditch option to the No. 2 quarterback on the roster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But it is "typically a last-ditch effort" from a judge, she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
As parliament approved his successor, a few dozen people gathered in a last-ditch effort to voice discontent with Fedorov's dismissal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then, in a last-ditch effort to fend off Hong’s insurgency, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had previously suspended his campaign, reentered the race less than a month before polls opened.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Now the hoodlums were mounting a last-ditch effort to get us out of school before May 29.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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