terminus
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They would remain there, amid the dunes and dappled sunlight of Cape Cod’s hooked terminus, until Cook’s death in 2004.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
According to the study, Hektoria's terminus remained mostly stable after the sudden retreat, though nearby Green Glacier continued to shrink.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Fujairah is the terminus of an oil pipeline that allows the UAE to export without going through Hormuz and has big oil storage facilities.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
But at its southern terminus, that impression begins to shift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
But the actual beach, the one he and the corporals gazed on now, was no more than a variation on all that had gone before: there was a rout, and this was its terminus.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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The results indicated random coils with termini lost excitation energy due to defects generated by fluctuations in solution, unlike toroids that were not easily deformed and exhibited fluorescence without energy loss.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
Built as the terminus for the Great Western Railway in 1854, it’s second only to St. Pancras among London termini in terms of heart-lifting delight.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
"Stations in a Loop or Hyperloop system are small in size and widely distributed in a network — very different from large-station termini considered for train systems," the company spokesman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2018
Images of thousands of rail passengers either stranded outside central London or facing endless queues at mainline termini, after engineering works overran, are met with dismay.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2014
These short cuts are called salti, or leaps, and sometimes reduce the distance between their termini by several miles.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
A chain-link fence spanned the terminuses of the complex’s four dead-end streets, behind which lay a dense patch of woods.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2021
It’s also near the terminuses of both the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the San Andreas Fault.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
In what should be one of the world's great rail terminuses, the locomotives themselves are hidden further underground.
From BBC ● May 27, 2015
I ha' started from terminuses, and I ha' stopped in 'em, so I knows what I'm telling about.
From A Drake by George! by Trevena, John
Neither was Julesburg, or Sidney, or Cheyenne, when they was terminuses.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
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