in the end
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The accompanying material may occasionally press too hard in trying to domesticate what is, in the end, undomesticable, but the books themselves continue to exert their peculiar, unaccommodating force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
After all, you both want the same thing in the end.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
But it didn't stop Antonelli winning in the end, and now he is back in a commanding position in the championship and looking as imposing as ever.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“But also, in the end, it is up to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But in the end, even with the comet coming, everyone had been out for themselves.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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