: the last extremity however painful or calamitous
: the inboard end of a ship's anchoring cable
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Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
Putin appears set to remain in office until the bitter end.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
And yet the Angels managed to hang into the bitter end, making things interesting in the ninth inning against Clay Holmes, who blew the save opportunity Tuesday.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
Us rom-com lovers are very committed to watching things to the bitter end.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 25 May 2024
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Aside from relatively modest changes, these applications appeared in some form on every subsequent Palm OS device until the bitter end.
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
Putin appears set to remain in office until the bitter end.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
And yet the Angels managed to hang into the bitter end, making things interesting in the ninth inning against Clay Holmes, who blew the save opportunity Tuesday.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
Us rom-com lovers are very committed to watching things to the bitter end.
—Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 25 May 2024
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“Bitter end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitter%20end. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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