finish
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Chutzpah, however, is sometimes all it takes to get this kind of baffling, brazen and potentially exploitative deal across the finish line.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
A month later, Kotlikoff told the student newspaper that he would finish his two-year stint as interim president, and then, “I’ll almost certainly retire.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"The lead up to this event gave us a bit of a buffer and we just about managed to hold on at the end. It was an incredible finish," said Evans.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The federal standard currently is a floor and not a finish line,” Valdez said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s as if it’s shrunk, along with Bubbe, who is now shuffling into her bedroom with Dad to finish packing a case.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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I first really understood this while making Alison Roman’s dill-packed potato-leek soup, published originally a little over five years ago, which finishes with white wine vinegar.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Mercedes driver's victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen in one of the closest finishes in history, was his first since the end of June - seven races ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
In 2022, he won the Vuelta a Espana and has since added two podium finishes at the Tour de France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
But as soon as he finishes a chord progression or polishes his lyrics, he has to actively fight the generational urge to share it with the world immediately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
As soon as Grandpa finishes his last bite, I quickly clear the dishes, wash the plates, and run to set up my phone with the little tripod my dad bought for me.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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The Nasdaq finished the day at 27,477, about 1% above its previous record in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Acid was another one: a reminder that a finished dish doesn’t necessarily need more flavor so much as it sometimes needs contrast.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Within one to two minutes after participants finished walking, all three measures had risen significantly compared with their resting levels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
He finished third that weekend, but even that recently there was no indication a performance such as this was in the offing.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He’s made it very, very clear he’s finished with our friendship.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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The curse of finishing second passed down to his son who had already turned professional by the time his father claimed the last of those near misses in 2010.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Snell then struck out Sean Murphy to end the inning, finishing the at-bat with three straight curveballs for strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
He had never before run for the presidency and surprised observers by finishing ahead of the 80-year-old president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the Workers' Party.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He has three touchdowns, four interceptions and a ho-hum passer rating of 73.4 after never finishing a season with a rating lower than 93.2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“I’m not sure if these are going to work,” Dari said as we put the finishing touches on S’meggs, sticking random twigs into jumbo-size marshmallows.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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