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cliffhanger

noun as in something suspenseful

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Each chapter usually features a cliffhanger or dramatic moment — whether that’s a slap or a character in danger.

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It started with a cliffhanger and ended with a cliffhanger.

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Once again, fans were left with a cliffhanger, as the Traitors weighed up whether to murder actress Ruth Codd, singer Charlotte Church, or historian David Olusoga.

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The pair added they originally thought the 2019 special would be the ending, had it not had the cliffhanger.

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Our connection cuts out and it’s almost too perfect: a Laxian cliffhanger moment in which ideas are yanked back by a rush of feeling.

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