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last ditch

noun

Definition of last ditch

as in hot water

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Recent Examples of last ditch So Ellison texted Zaslav in what now reads as a last ditch effort to get a deal over the line. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025 Forget the flimsy strips of aluminum around the edges of the pie as a last ditch effort. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025 The site was created by Danny Lakey, who helped organize the incorporation effort as a last ditch effort to fight noise pollution from MARA and pollution from nearby power plants. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025 On Monday, the New Jersey Supreme Court denied NCPG’s request for an emergency stay, a last ditch effort to keep the number from reverting to the local council. — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for last ditch

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Noun

There is a scene in the film where the mother is placed inside a large cauldron filled with hot water.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
And again, any inaccuracies here could put you in hot water legally further down the line.

— David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hot water

Noun

In Horizon West, located in the southwest corner of the county, Bay Lake Elementary School opened about 10 years ago.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Pascal Gross and Charalampos Kostoulas scored in the first half with shots from outside the penalty area, before Chema Andres completed the win with a header at the back post from Gross’ corner.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of corner

Noun

Not every water problem calls for the same fix, and a shower head filter handles some issues far better than others.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026
His offensive line needs a fix, as does the Packers’ performance in the second halves of games.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fix

Noun

Why the eleventh hour came with an extra second, killing time proved impossible, and time fails to fly in Ann Arbor.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Fox arrived on the production at the eleventh hour after the production’s original Romeo, Richard Madden, and then his understudy were indisposed.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of eleventh hour

Noun

Within a year the ship earned a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Hot List.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
And today’s LLMs are able to call on other computational modules to fill in their weak spots, so language is the gateway to ever-broader capacity.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of spot

Noun

Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
For their part, the Reiners attempted to work through their predicament not just via the therapeutic process but the creative one.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of predicament

Noun

Raspberry jam oozed from between the layers like sticky blood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
His antitrust lawsuit, filed in collaboration with 11 other Democratic state attorneys general, has since stalled the largest Hollywood merger in decades and put Ellison in a jam.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of jam

Noun

Latz struck out pinch-hitter Andruw Monasterio with the bases loaded to end the eighth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Yohandy Morales singled off Luke Murphy (0-3) starting the eighth and Lile triple and pinch-hitter Jorbit Vivas hit an RBI single that tied the score 4-4.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of pinch

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