to the bitter end
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Thanks to Gi-hun’s knack for hanging on to the bitter end, we never have to find out what Myung-gi would have done.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
“I’m going to fight to the bitter end of this.”
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
But a handful survived to the bitter end, maintaining their seats at the corporate table through a wily deployment of guts, guile and willpower.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023
It is through his voice that we hear how committed Leonard and his crew are to seeing this through to the bitter end.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023
Now they were come to the bitter end.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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