ˈlas(t)-ˌdich 
-ˈdich
1
: fought or conducted from the last ditch : waged with desperation or unyielding defiance
put up a last-ditch resistance
2
: made as a final effort especially to avert disaster
a last-ditch attempt to raise the money
: a place of final defense or resort
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Edward Burke will go forward next week after a federal judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to postpone the hearing until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a bribery case that his lawyers say could affect his conviction.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2024
Fox News, 13 June 2024
Special independent status could be granted to the diverse and geopolitically sensitive provinces of Baghdad, Diyala, and Kirkuk (à la the District of Columbia), in a last ditch effort at maintaining their pluralism.
—Ali Khedery, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2015
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Adjective
In Daniel Goldhaber’s eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline, a group of environmentalists plan to bomb a Texas oil refinery in a last-ditch effort to draw attention to the current crisis.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Edward Burke will go forward next week after a federal judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to postpone the hearing until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a bribery case that his lawyers say could affect his conviction.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2024
Noun
Continue reading … - POLITICS 'LAST DITCH EFFORT' – Fani Willis files 'last ditch effort' to get Trump case back on track.
—Fox News, 13 June 2024
Special independent status could be granted to the diverse and geopolitically sensitive provinces of Baghdad, Diyala, and Kirkuk (à la the District of Columbia), in a last ditch effort at maintaining their pluralism.
—Ali Khedery, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2015
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“Last-ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last-ditch. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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