finale
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By the time a fourth package arrives—this one for Judith—the reader has likely identified the killer, and the novel’s finale seems like a cursory flourish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Talking about the “Pluribus” season finale, she said that while she’s never murdered anyone, she has felt out-of-control rage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
If he loses in October, Lula would leave office without the triumphant finale he seeks, but with an enduring legacy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Geoff Hurst hat-trick goal was a great finale to a splendid occasion.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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No matter the strengths of AI, a chatbot cannot dream up stories with flawed characters and themes and arcs and failures and triumphs—with ambiguous finales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the ones I found most interesting were finales I don’t remember encountering in Baseball Digest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“They’re going to say he insisted. I did not insist. But I think it will be quite successful… I used to host the Apprentice finales, and we did rather well with that.”
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025
Broadcast networks mustered 20.1% in a month traditionally boosted by strong ratings for season finales of popular network shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
Cora had not seen him since the first night, but she had heard every speech of the Friday-night finales.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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