finishing
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing finishing
Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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Hawthorne went 2-8 last season, finishing fourth in the Ocean League and being outscored by 281 points.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
But even that might not stop the S&P 500 from finishing out the first half of the year, and the whole of 2026, with solid double-digit gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Teams finishing on 36 or more points in each of the past nine Premier League seasons have avoided relegation.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Instead, the index rose by a full percentage point, finishing at its highest level in almost six weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Thor woke from his nap just when Laurence was finishing the last bath, which was for an inky spaniel named Webster.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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