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cliffhanger

noun as in something suspenseful

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It’s also simply a twisty, fast-paced, action-packed show whose episodes end in killer cliffhangers—in other words, the ultimate binge bait.

From Time

Read moreThe crucial ballots that ended slavery in MarylandThe vote was a cliffhanger, and in the end, 375 absentee ballots cast by soldiers made the difference.

Part one of Lupin ended with a cliffhanger, and part two begins in the immediate aftermath.

From Time

A cliffhanger that could’ve been resolved within the first episode of Part 2 instead takes twice as long to wrap up.

From Time

Sometimes the McDonald’s commercials of the ’80s had entire narrative arcs, with recurring characters and cliffhangers.

From Eater

Why not finish hard on a cliffhanger and the next one just jump straight back in?

We hit the ground running after an end-of-season cliffhanger.

What a monumental cliffhanger to get us excited for the last episode.

And, maddeningly, “A” ended on a cliffhanger, just as a potentially explosive confrontation was about to go down.

The best thing to happen to it was the aborting of the third season, which effectively ended the series in a cliffhanger.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cliffhanger, such as: close call, shocker, squeaker, thriller, close shave, and narrow escape.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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