as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion
capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout
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In Europe, Nokia shares finished more than 6% lower as part of the unwind in tech stocks, following several consecutive days of outsized gains for the sector.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
5 June 2026 -
His immune system, no longer overwhelmed by runaway viral replication, then regained the upper hand and finished the virus off on its own.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 June 2026
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Money often dried up once investors secured or completed their projects, while officials prioritized short-term achievements during their limited tenures.—
Reagan Yip,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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The company successfully completed initial ground tests of a hybrid-electric version of its CT7 turboprop engine.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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As book readers know, those events culminated in a civil war and the extinction of the dragons—at least until Daenerys Targaryen came along.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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The third set in 1856 culminated in a game of kicking a ball with one’s foot.—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Two HOHs were crowned each week, and each nominated two people for eviction who then would battle each other for safety.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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Thirteen cities each field a team to compete in the seven-month tournament featuring 85 matches where Taizhou was eventually crowned champion last November in the inaugural season.—
Reagan Yip,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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The turning point came in the late summer of 2015, just after the Iran nuclear deal was concluded.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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In September, an independent UN inquiry concluded that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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“Capped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capped%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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