finale

It was to follow on from the series finale in May 2025, in which Ncuti Gatwa's incarnation of the Doctor regenerated into Billie Piper, who previously played the Doctor's assistant, Rose.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The word-of-mouth buzz around the series, which premiered in April, intensified each week leading up to its finale last month and prompted chatter around its prospects as a major Emmys contender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The grande finale of the fireworks show was marked by a massive flurry of blasts - reaching a much anticipated crescendo.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Speaking of streaks, when Lionel Messi came off the bench to score in the group finale, it gave him goals in a record seven consecutive World Cup games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Must be comfortable with heights; all must be accomplished tap dancers for the finale.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

For more than a decade, “Saturday Night Live” writers Colin Jost and Michael Che have marked breaks and finales with a joke swap segment.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

In their fifth and fourth Olympic appearances, respectively, Knight and Bowe return for their Olympic finales side by side hoping to put a golden flourish on their careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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

He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz