: the last extremity however painful or calamitous
: the inboard end of a ship's anchoring cable
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Tamora: Tamora appears in Titus Andronicus and meets a bitter end.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 14 Oct. 2024
But the chances of the conviction being overturned are slim, and the decision to fight the charges against him to the bitter end—in contrast to Ellison and the other coconspirators—may continue to prove an unfruitful one.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
Thanks for tuning in and for staying to the bitter end.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Very few of the people who were close to him at the start of his time in office were still there at the bitter end.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Tamora: Tamora appears in Titus Andronicus and meets a bitter end.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 14 Oct. 2024
But the chances of the conviction being overturned are slim, and the decision to fight the charges against him to the bitter end—in contrast to Ellison and the other coconspirators—may continue to prove an unfruitful one.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
Thanks for tuning in and for staying to the bitter end.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Bitter end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitter%20end. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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