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That continued in the finale of the three-game series, for Crow-Armstrong and Ohtani.

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

With theatrical timing, Mr. Burnham, a keen soccer fan, took office on Monday, the day after the finale of the globe’s premier sporting event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tongue took one wicket in two matches and was expensive at Lord's, conceding 43 runs from five overs, while Mahmood took 2-52 in Cardiff but was rotated out for Tongue for the series finale.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

For the finale the fair’s pyrotechnicians launched five thousand rockets all at once into the black sky over the lake.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Long before CBS announced it was pulling the plug on “The Late Show,” its host Stephen Colbert had already laid claim to helming one of late-night’s greatest finales.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

I’m curious, Mary, as someone who has watched your share of series finales, how you felt about this conclusion and whether it served that mission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

“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