the last moment
Example Sentences
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But first, he needs to hammer out a common stance between the parliament's different factions, which looked set to keep haggling until the last moment.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
In 2022, Schlamminger was ready to reveal the result but stopped at the last moment after realizing that a subtle air pressure effect could influence the measurement.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
And yet, every time, Lucy yanked the ball away at the last moment, leaving Charlie Brown flying helplessly through the air.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
That enabled them to flick on their air-defense radars at the last moment, so U.S. pilots would have little time to react—a tactic pilots came to call a “SAMbush.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
