trick ending
Americannoun
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If the pandemic had a musical score, that trick ending might be a caesura, shown by two parallel diagonal lines: railroad tracks, only we ran out of rail.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2020
Yet, for all its high spirits and rowdy humor, it packs a trick ending that slams home the filmmakers’ sombre political point—and then another that turns it comedic again.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 14, 2018
That sobering prediction did the trick, ending the alliance’s six-month hiatus.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2017
Poor Charlie always falls for the trick, ending up on his backside.
From MSNBC ● Sep. 4, 2014
In addition to these mystery acts, and some more ordinary sleight-of-hand tricks which he used to fill in with, Joe did his fire-eating trick, ending that act with the plunge into the tank.
From Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record by Vance Barnum
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