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last ditch

noun

Definition of last ditchnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for last ditch
  1. hot water
  2. corner
  3. fix
  4. eleventh hour
  5. spot
  6. predicament
  7. jam
  8. pinch
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
  • Jacob Ramsey’s equaliser was also a demonstration of composure in a pressurised moment, with the midfielder calmly slotting into the bottom right-hand corner, making sure to keep his effort low.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mensah capped that drive with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Toney and the two connected on a 2-yard score on the next possession with Toney punctuating both TDs with a Heisman pose for the Hurricanes fans in that corner of the stadium.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 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
  • His match against Tabilo put him in the top spot, at 11 hours and 51 minutes.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers saw no amorphous halo or comparable disappearance of diffraction spots.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of spot
Noun
  • On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For Tinubu and his chief adversaries Atiku and Obi, then, Nigeria’s security predicament will require more than election season sloganeering.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 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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