tail end
Example Sentences
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When the winds calmed down, she looked up: The restaurant’s roof was gone, and the tail end of a pickup truck was hanging over her head.
From Washington Post
Weakness for some Big Tech stocks tugged Wall Street a bit lower, but the market overall was mixed and regaining some stability at the tail end of what’s been a turmoil-filled month.
From Seattle Times
It was the tail end of breeding season, and fat pups weaned from their mothers were marooned awkwardly on the beach, comically rotund balloons resting on their sides.
From New York Times
Published in 1955, the short novel is set at the tail end of the First Indochina War.
From Washington Post
Unseld said he plans to find Davis more minutes in the tail end of the regular season.
From Washington Post
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