as in ended
to come to an end
after several fruitless years, the research seems to have simply dead-ended
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Jim Irsay stood beside his private jet just days after the 2021 season ended and made sure the camera was rolling to capture his thoughts.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025 -
The first four episodes of Netflix's Squid Game reality competition series ended on an intense cliffhanger.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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The move comes weeks after Microsoft stopped providing some services to an Israeli defense unit.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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There is no data showing how many of those minors married other minors, and which married adults for recent years, as the state stopped collecting that data in 2022.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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According to Henry Ford Health, there was a clause in the Teamsters contract that expired in August 2025 that tied union members’ pay to the number of nurses working on a unit each day.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee state records show one of those men was denied a private security license, another's expired in 2020 and a third wasn't listed in the database.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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As dinner concluded, Cynthia Erivo took the microphone to invite everyone to continue the celebration.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Finally, panelists concluded by talking about the importance of guardrails that protect creators and their intellectual property.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The film only made $41 million at the box office and effectively halted the franchise.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The family filed a suit contesting their deportation, court records show, and it was briefly halted before a judge ruled against them in July.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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While Sam's Club has ceased distribution and product sales, there may be consumers who still have the product at their homes, according to the FDA's release.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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But in 2019, Gullane ceased communications with Wild, according to the complaint.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Regardless of the circumstances surrounding the tenant’s passing, the lease and all its terms and obligations transfer to their estate, which is legally responsible for paying rent until the contract is terminated.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The worker was terminated following the incident and arrested a month later.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Qianlong Garden was closed for nearly a century.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Eastern Time Tuesday, just over half an hour after polls closed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Dead-ended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-ended. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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