last expedient
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Andrews bitterly regretted afterwards that this last expedient was not tried.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger
The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
The last expedient was proposed by their general.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
But before having recourse to this last expedient I would make another attempt to go against the wind and the current.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen
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