last ditches

plural of last ditch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for last ditches
Noun
  • There were a few bumps in the road that played out publicly over the years, but as of earlier this year, the artists are firmly in each other’s corners.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The iPad mini is a rectangular glass-and-metal slab with rounded corners and flat edges all around.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The discovery prompted urgent government warnings and a rush to install security fixes after details of the vulnerabilities leaked ahead of schedule.
    — Alexa LoMonaco,Matthew J. Belvedere,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As those findings multiply, so will the number of dangerous secrets waiting for fixes.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The third-year veteran has experience playing all three offensive line spots.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Aesthetically, my dark spots faded, blemishes reduced, and my eye bags appeared less puffy the following morning.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The 24-piece box comes with miniature jars of jams and spreads like fig and cardamom, caramel and dark chocolate, rhubarb and strawberry, apricot and honey, and more.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Drink Cider at an Apple Orchard Venture 20 minutes south of Galena to Orchard Landing Apple Farm to pick 14 kinds of apples apples, sample hard cider, and grab some jams, jellies, and cider donuts to go.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Second-round leader Haeran Ryu, who birdied her last three holes, still led the tournament by four strokes after a 4-under 68 and a three-round total of 17-under 199.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Gaps where electrons can sit, called holes, can also induce superconductivity at not-so-cold temperatures, just in a slightly different way.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Missouri researcher has captured and analyzed hundreds of thousands of trail-camera images over the years, with many of the best shots coming at scrapes doctored with a variety of scents and lures.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Memory is not so much a flow, sometimes, as a series of bumps and scrapes.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The relentless rain associated with Hurricane Isaias didn’t stop some hikers from venturing onto trails and greenways in North Carolina, leading to life-threatening predicaments, officials say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The unsanctioned parades of cars decked out in Mexican flags have previously led to major traffic jams and impasses for emergency vehicles.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • California law bars law enforcement officers and firefighters from striking against public employers, instead providing dispute-resolution procedures for labor impasses.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026
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“Last ditches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/last%20ditches. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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