end up
phrasal verb
ended up; ending up; ends up
: to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected
The book ended up in the trash.
He didn't want to end up like his father.
She ended up a rich woman.
He ended up (living) in a nursing home.
The movie we wanted to see was sold out so we ended up seeing a different one.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
What seemed like a normal July night ended up making history when astronomer Larry Denneau at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy discovered a new moving object while scrolling through data from ATLAS — the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
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The Nile Hotel Incident ended up shooting in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, while subsequent films in the trilogy – Cairo Conspiracy (aka Boy From Heaven) and satirical political thriller Eagles of the Republic – filmed in Turkey.
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Paul ended up winning the match via technical knockout in the fifth round.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
What seemed like a normal July night ended up making history when astronomer Larry Denneau at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy discovered a new moving object while scrolling through data from ATLAS — the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The Nile Hotel Incident ended up shooting in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, while subsequent films in the trilogy – Cairo Conspiracy (aka Boy From Heaven) and satirical political thriller Eagles of the Republic – filmed in Turkey.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
Paul ended up winning the match via technical knockout in the fifth round.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
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“End up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20up. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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