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Recent Examples of last ditch
Bankers see a 'last ditch effort' by CFPB Bankers defended the safety of the Zelle app, and said the CFPB was overreaching in its actions.
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
What to watch: Sullivan is traveling to Israel, Egypt and Qatar this week in a last ditch effort to reach a deal before Trump's inauguration in less than six weeks.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
In the parking lot of the East Palo Alto Family YMCA, city council candidates stood flagging down prospective voters, a last ditch effort to garner votes.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
In a last ditch effort between program, city and county officials, the project might survive the chopping block.
—Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
What to watch: Sullivan is traveling to Israel, Egypt and Qatar this week in a last ditch effort to reach a deal before Trump's inauguration in less than six weeks.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
In the parking lot of the East Palo Alto Family YMCA, city council candidates stood flagging down prospective voters, a last ditch effort to garner votes.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
In a last ditch effort between program, city and county officials, the project might survive the chopping block.
—Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for last ditch
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The bill would also tweak the state’s A-F accountability system, which recently landed the Fort Worth Independent School District in hot water.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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At last night’s BAFTAs, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone director and producer Jamie Roberts, who has been in hot water over that doc, won an award for a separate show about Ukraine.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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Around the corner looms the Baroque-Neoclassical Cádiz Cathedral, a remnant of the city’s 18th-century golden era, when Cádiz was Spain’s main harbor and a gateway to the Americas.—
Christopher Bagley,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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Highway 69 is just around the corner, offering quick access to the Kansas City metro while preserving the quiet, relaxed pace of rural life.—
Prime Development Land Company,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
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The fix is straightforward: use stop-losses, follow a trading plan and treat losses as lessons.—
David Billy,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Nine months is a long time to wait for a fix from Microsoft, and the company hasn't clarified what caused the delay.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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The festival screened close to 3,000 films to curate its official selection, and programmers shoehorned big name after big name into its lineup right up to the eleventh hour.—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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At the end of Season 3, after the two have successfully reinvented her persona and rebuilt her career, Deborah lands the late-night show of her dreams and promises to make Ava head writer, only to renege at the eleventh hour—prompting Ava to clinch the position via blackmail instead.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Only the Pittsburgh Steelers, who let both Justin Fields and Russell Wilson walk in free agency, have uncertainty at that spot.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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But the 200 in attendance burst into life when Kylian Mbappe scores Madrid’s first from the penalty spot in the fifth minute after being clattered by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Fey lays out a number of ways to deal with this predicament.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
9 May 2025
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So their only way out of this predicament is also the hardest — trading the star who elevated the team for a decade.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Explore Rihanna See latest videos, charts and news This week, Rihanna unveils a summer Smurf jam, Morgan Wallen pulls back the curtain and Jin continues his solo momentum.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
16 May 2025
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Creators have found dozens of ways to repurpose empty jam and jelly jars, affectionately referring to their collection of glass vessels as a jam jar army.—
Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 May 2025
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Drizzle it with olive oil and sprinkle it with a pinch of salt and pepper to boost healthy fats and flavor.—
Allison Herries,
Verywell Health,
28 Apr. 2025
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He’s started 20 of them and entered as a pinch runner in one.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Last ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20ditch. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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