cliff-hangers

plural of cliff-hanger
as in thrillers
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome finally, a Super Bowl game that turned out to be a real cliff-hanger

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Recent Examples of cliff-hangers The biggest key to the success of minidramas, though, is the cliff-hangers, which push viewers to keep paying for the next episode. Yixuan Tan, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025 Which means there are some major cliff-hangers to obsess over for the next few weeks. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff-hangers
thrillers
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  • The puzzle of who-knows-who-knows-what, always fascinating to fans of mystery novels and spy thrillers, has long preoccupied psychologists and game theorists.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Indianapolis has been through two final-drive thrillers, though.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Cliff-hangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff-hangers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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