terminus
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It is now an attraction for visitors to the nearby DMZ separating the two countries, and the line's former terminus -- Wonsan -- lies in North Korea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
At a university graduation last year, several Waymo vehicles got lost at the terminus of a dead-end road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They are Dover's ferry port, Eurotunnel's Folkestone terminal, and Eurostar's St Pancras rail terminus.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The project would add nine stations, plus a terminus station at the Hollywood Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Its northern terminus is the city of Chicago.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
As temperatures continue rising around the Antarctic Peninsula, more glaciers are losing their protective ice tongues and becoming tidewater glaciers, meaning their termini rest directly on the seabed.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Services will be diverted to other London termini, with passengers being urged to checked before they travel.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
"Stations in a Loop or Hyperloop system are small in size and widely distributed in a network — very different from large-station termini considered for train systems," the company spokesman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2018
“Stations in a Loop or Hyperloop system are small in size and widely distributed in a network — very different from large-station termini considered for train systems,” the company spokesman said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2018
The southern termini of the two pathways—one on either side of the river—were Chippewa and Port Day, respectively.
From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
A chain-link fence spanned the terminuses of the complex’s four dead-end streets, behind which lay a dense patch of woods.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2021
It’s also near the terminuses of both the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the San Andreas Fault.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
In what should be one of the world's great rail terminuses, the locomotives themselves are hidden further underground.
From BBC ● May 27, 2015
I ha' started from terminuses, and I ha' stopped in 'em, so I knows what I'm telling about.
From A Drake by George! by John Trevena
Neither was Julesburg, or Sidney, or Cheyenne, when they was terminuses.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
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