grandstand finish
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Lawrence Shankland cut the arrears 15 minutes from time before Cammy Devlin set up a grandstand finish.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
Tigers still had something in the tank and Emeka Ilione's score five minutes from time set up a grandstand finish but Bath held on.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
Fire responded to give a crowd of 22,009 - a record for a women’s match in The Hundred – a grandstand finish before Deepti seized her moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2024
This was another engrossing day in a fabulous Test, one that could yet produce a grandstand finish.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
The caravan came to a halt with a grandstand finish that it would have done you good to witness.
From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Washington, Booker T.
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