last straw
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With their title ambitions in ruins, manager Renee Slegers was facing weekly questions about her future and defeat by Spurs could have been the last straw.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
"She represented the last straw" of popular anger at unaffordable housing, said Rodriguez, who has lived in Madrid all his life, describing real estate prices in Spain as "crazy".
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It could be a real easy excuse for us to say, ‘Alright, that’s finally the last straw that’s gonna keep us from doing this thing,’” fullback Kyle Juszczyk said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
For many The Sims fans, this is the last straw.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025
“You have tried to do too much in the past few days. The dinner was the last straw; you might have dispensed with it.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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