Finally
Meanings and phrases
adv.
- after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay; eventually
- as the end result of a succession or process; ultimately; in the end; at last; at long last
- the item at the end; last; lastly; in conclusion
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- Bundy scuffled with Lee before finally being subdued.
- He touches her arm before finally departing.
- He was 25 before finally becoming a Surrey first team regular in 1982.
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- By the end of 2008, "Dev.D" was finally released.
- The album was finally released on September 22, 1998.
- The film was finally released straight to DVD in 2004.
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- Nuthampstead was finally closed on 1 March 1959.
- Dominic O'Daly, finally closed its doors in August 2016.
- Toolamba finally closed as a station on 20 December 1987.
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- 1980: Anne finally made clear signs of recovery.
- This move was finally made in September 2008.
- George finally made his guitar gently weep."
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- She finally got free but afterwards kept her distance.
- However, Stromer finally got the permits.
- Riva finally got her wish to be free.
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- They finally settled in Jefferson County, New York.
- Like Reginald she finally settled in Merionethshire.
- They finally settled in the area of Ban Luang.
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- Julie strokes his hair, finally able to tell him that she loved him.
- Years later, Pinal was finally able to do it in Mexico with another director.
- On 10 March, he was finally able to scupper the royalist forces at Zacatepec.
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- The design was finally completed after two months.
- The Tower was finally completed in December 2003.
- Work on this breakwater was finally completed in 1901.
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- He then finally learns of the gold's whereabouts.
- The Dyers lived in Malacca and then finally in Singapore.
- She and Chuck are then finally married.
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- The website finally came into being in February 2005.
- The vote finally came down to two 'yes' and two 'no.'
- The chance finally came their way in late 1968.
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- Nugent finally reached the end of his rope in 1942.
- The 2005 population has finally reached over 60,000.
- On July 10, he finally reached Nikolayevsk-na-Amure.
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- Johnson finally decided that slavery had to end.
- Pence finally decided to name him Marlon Bundo.
- He finally decided to send a written challenge.
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- A number of bloody battles took place until finally Huáscar was captured.
- The dream would get worse for each person until finally Barnabas would be told.
- The remnants of Hilda lingered for several days, until finally dissipating on the 31st.
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- Sri Lanka finally won the match by 5 wickets.
- In 2017 she finally won the national title.
- Franklin finally won the award in 2012, and again in 2014.
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- It finally ended with an Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907.
- May 19, the battle finally ended with Grant being thrown back.
- Oliver Cromwell finally ended the exercise of Halifax Gibbet Law.
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- They finally returned home in the summer of 1945.
- He finally returned to Hungary for good in 1965.
- Borodin finally returned to Moscow on October 6.
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- In 1998 he finally became Engineer General of Roads.
- The storm finally became a hurricane late on August 28.
- Mühlburg finally became a borough of Karlsruhe in 1886.
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- Columba finally agreed, and Aedan came to receive ordination.
- Their father finally agreed.
- Joseph Stalin initially refused this treaty, but finally agreed with this treaty.
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- The prince finally found the princess and married her.
- When she finally found out about her father, he was dying.
- He also pursued other opportunities until he finally found his niche.
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- The tunnel was finally opened on 18 March 1988.
- It was finally opened on January 14, 2017 officially.
- The centre finally opened 30 July 2018.
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- He finally arrived at Algeciras on 1 June 914.
- "Moffat" finally arrived at Whampoa on 3 February 1833.
- The 79th Regiment finally arrived Madras on 25 May 1765.
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- In 1283, Mestwin II of Pomerelia finally took over.
- The amalgamation finally took place as a result of finances.
- The merger finally took place in 1948.
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- The rebels were finally defeated by brigadier-general Hafuz Pasha.
- Frank is finally defeated when Julia appears and tears his heart out.
- France was finally defeated by a coalition of European armies in 1815.
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- Construction of the airport finally began in 1950.
- They finally began entering Kentucky on July 2, 1863.
- The shooting finally began in December 2008.
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- The zeal of the Umayyad tax-collectors finally broke Berber patience.
- However this proved false and the Jaggerz finally broke up around 1977.
- But with his death, "that terror machine finally broke into disparate parts.
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- He finally left Anfield in January 1996.
- He finally left Pisa for Genoa, but his legacy was civil war.
- She finally left him and married a younger colleague of Munch.
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- The last Sea Kings were finally retired in 2018.
- Gerard finally retired the NBA after the 1980–81 season.
- He finally retired to 8 Manor Place in Edinburgh's West End.
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- It was finally published in book form in 1806.
- In Autumn 1831 his book was finally published.
- It was finally published in 1993.
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- Cans with straight steel sides appeared next, finally settling on a more modern shape.
- There were several club names during that period, before finally settling on the Futurians.
- The game was originally titled "Busty", then "Flippy", before finally settling on "Flicky".
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- The Ryan syndicate finally received the franchise in 1886.
- He finally received playing time in 2005.
- There, Nasution finally received first aid for his broken ankle.
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- The NCS finally accepted female members the following year.
- The country was finally accepted as EU candidate in July 2004.
- In 1878 Deutsch was finally accepted.
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- Commissioner Regal finally gave Taker his match.
- Pratt finally gave Rogers an interest in the business.
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- Cardiff rugby finally managed a revival of some sort in the 1930s.
- Echeverría finally managed to finish his speech right at the 181st second.
- He resumed his education at this point and finally managed to graduate in 1916.
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- The "Binghamton" finally moved to Edgewater in 1971.
- Flint orders them to leave immediately, but is finally moved by their plight.
- He finally moved completely to it by the recording of 2000's "Philosopher's Propeller".
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- Vicki finally gets her proof in "Batman" #703.
- Max finally gets closer to finding the man who set him up.
- He finally gets a job offer in 'Basilistan', a strict Islamic nation.
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- In 2000 Adtranz finally achieved profitability.
- Women in Britain finally achieved suffrage on the same terms as men in 1928.
- He finally achieved promotion to the salaried ranks of "jūryō" in January 2011.
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- The church finally sold the resort in 1906.
- She was finally sold for breaking up in 1826 at Mauritius.
- It was finally sold in 1963 and largely returned to agriculture.
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- I quit drinking so I could finally get over you."
- Training continues and the flyers finally get their wings.
- I finally get on him, and I won the race."
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- It was finally abandoned in the sixteenth century.
- The proposed dam was finally abandoned in 1968.
- The Board of Ordnance finally abandoned the castle in 1881.
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- Koteeswaram is finally brought to book.
- In the early summer of 1864, leading members were finally brought to trial.
- After close to a year of delays, Floyd was finally brought to trial on March 13, 1912.
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- After scrutiny PTA finally approved the merger in July 2016.
- This innovation was finally approved by her husband, Said Hanafi Shahab.
- The project was finally approved by the Central Planning Department in 1992.
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- This finally allowed him to have a try on playing the trumpet.
- In 1737 both the French and German governments finally allowed the use of indigo.
- Eventually the Polish government finally allowed them, in stages, to enter the country.
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- ]Embrace have finally put their flag firmly at the summit.
- In May 1910, the two routes were finally put into operation.
- The Kara Koyunlu captured Mardin and finally put an end to Artuklu rule in 1409.
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- Merry has finally succeeded in getting pregnant.
- In the 9th game, Murray finally succeeded and served it out for 6–4.
- The Whitney armory finally succeeded not long after his death in 1825.
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- The scene shifts to three months later when he finally shows up at Chengalpattu.
- He follows it, but when he finally sees the dragon he is afraid and wants to run away.
- Lomax became Van Zandt’s manager when he finally arrived, though he had no prior management experience.
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- Shea's superiors were finally forced to take a more direct approach.
- Only numerical superiority and hunger had finally forced it to its knees.
- "Hancock" was thus finally forced to strike her colors after a chase of some 39 hours.
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- He finally finds Nandakumar in a depressed state.
- He searches for her in many colleges and finally finds her.
- In the end, the couple finally finds the privacy they were seeking.
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- Italy and Vietnam finally established relations at 1973.
- He finally established the Rambhāpuri maṭha.
- He finally established himself in "makuuchi" in March 1979.
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- Union forces finally captured the region in 1863.
- The Holy Grail of the Gibson Cup was finally captured in 1974.
- The Tangs finally captured it in 747 CE, after three failed attempts.
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- He was finally signed to Liberty Records in 1992.
- Mark finally signed for Norwich at the end of June 2001.
- On August 20, 2012 Koutsianikoulis finally signed a 3-year contract with OFI.
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- In 1922, Kitty Wright finally granted Wright a divorce.
- They were finally granted an interview.
- On 19 July 1541 he was finally granted license to receive Holy Orders.
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- The amended Bill was finally passed by the Lok Sabha on 3 September 2012.
- On 23 June a law was finally passed that stopped massive chaptalization of wine.
- Parliament finally passed the Stamp Act in March 1765, which imposed direct taxes on the colonies for the first time.
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- The war lasted over six years, finally ending in 1842.
- She finally ending up in British hands and was taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia as a prize.
- Floyd moved up the chain finally ending as Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering at A.V.
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- The case finally went to trial in February 2012.
- It finally went into a second edition in 1762.
- The railroad finally went bankrupt in 1971, and the yards were abandoned.
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- Changchun Yatai FC finally finished season successfully.
- "Eraserhead" was finally finished in 1976, after five years of production.
- In 1895, those actors finally finished “Marrying – not slaking the thirst” play by H.Vazirov.
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- He was finally given his full clearance to come back.
- He has finally given up on the love he thought he had for her.
- The permit was denied two times and was finally given after a third petition.
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- Berlin finally fell in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
- On 9 April 1945 Königsberg in "East Prussia" finally fell to the Red Army.
- It finally fell to the Ottomans during the massive siege of Shkodra in 1478.
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- They began marching west along the trail in July, finally reaching Fort Bridger in November.
- The ascent is steep for the next , finally reaching a lookout to the north on the mountain's east slope.
- This was successful, and sinking recommenced finally reaching the coal measures in December 1911 at below the surface.
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- He was 25 before finally becoming a Surrey first team regular in 1982.
- At Purina, he moved through various management roles, finally becoming the President and CEO:
- On March 5, 2009 Royal University of America was merged into Dongguk University, finally becoming Dongguk University Los Angeles(DULA).
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- Riza scored to make the game 3–1 before they finally lost 4–2.
- Both Agnes and Władysław II knew that their battle was finally lost.
- They finally lost patience with the unprofessionalism of Factory Records.
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- The teams finally met up during the 2013 season.
- The two men finally met in person in 1842.
- Keith Haring had been following the SAMO graffiti and finally met Basquiat in 1979.
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- The gate was finally demolished in 1746.
- It was finally demolished in 1976.
- After that for residential purposes and was finally demolished in 1962.
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- Wide dissemination finally led to standardization of the language.
- which finally led him to be demoted to a primary school in Tantou village.
- Optimization of these compounds finally led to the discovery of sitagliptin.
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- He finally did so at this meeting.
- The students, unhappy with this, continued to demand Shao come out until he finally did.
- When they finally did, Stade Français walked over Toulouse for a victory (32–18) in 2003.
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- finally revealed (or have you guessed it - them - yet?).
- It is finally revealed that Subbu had planned the whole thing.
- The killer is finally revealed.
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- World War II and age finally caught up with the Reds.
- "Eagle" finally caught "Corcyre" after a chase of 10 hours.
- However, fate finally caught up with the church on 7 June 1992.
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- One day, he finally decides to make a move on Sol.
- She finally decides to search for the real Liu Dong.
- Harvey's father finally decides to go to the police station.
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- The 2012 record was finally broken in 2018
- "Mercury" was finally broken up at Woolwich in January 1814.
- After many years at this harbour service, she was finally broken up in March 1854.
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- New Zealand finally abolished the poll tax in 1944.
- The half-train rule was finally abolished in May 2010.
- Russia finally abolished serfdom in 1861.
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- The suit was finally resolved in the widow's favour in July 1925.
- That dispute was finally resolved with his son, Adad-nirari I's victory over the Babylonians.
- Herngren also explained that the long wait for DVD release was due to a music rights issue that was finally resolved.
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- There were several club names during that period, before finally settling on the Futurians.
- The game was originally titled "Busty", then "Flippy", before finally settling on "Flicky".
- They soon moved to Claremont, California, and then to El Cajon, before finally settling in San Diego.
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- Charlotte finally realizes who he is and what he plans to do.
- Taking Juboraj's help, Paro bears the entire expenses of Abhi's treatment; and Abhi finally realizes his mistake.
- One year later, Abbi finally realizes her dream as a cabaret singer and is performing in an undisclosed nightclub.
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- The castle garrison was finally disbanded in 1890.
- The regiment was finally disbanded on 30 January 1946.
- Spirit finally disbanded following Randy California's death in 1997.
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- Alexander finally started in the 2006–2007 season.
- Glider operations finally started in October 1943 and continued until 1945.
- Previously it had been an Internet-radio only, but finally started broadcasting on 95.7 MHz in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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- The soothsayer's words have finally come true.
- Until her big break had finally come.
- Initially, the families refuse to accept them but finally come around.
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- The city finally surrendered on 19 January 1829.
- The city finally surrendered on 9 August.
- Giri Kedaton finally surrendered in 1636.
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- They grab Sweetiepie, who finally agrees to go with them.
- Under coercion, the Bashaw finally agrees to accede to the Raisuli's demands.
- Principal Wilson finally agrees to talk with the students and the walk out ends.
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- He finally announced his retirement at the end of the 2007 season.
- At 19:50 UTC it was finally announced at a press conference that the Test was over.
- On the 28th of August it was finally announced Pacific Werribee's redevelopment was complete.
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- and in May 2018, he finally gained a seat at the parliament.
- North Melbourne finally gained admission to the VFL in 1925.
- Callan finally gained the upper hand.
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- When he sees Charlotte in tears, Bandit finally comes to his senses and apologizes.
- Because of that, when it all finally comes out, I think there could be some understanding."
- When Apu finally comes to know about her poor health, he returns to the village to find that she has died.
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- Godzilla finally arrives to assist Jet Jaguar and the odds become even.
- The big day finally arrives.
- Billy's father, George, finally arrives home much to Billy's excitement.
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- Bolick finally joined the Red Lions' lineup in 2016.
- On 1 March 1924, he finally joined the ranks of the French Foreign Legion.
- He finally joined Maltese club Valletta until the end of the 2009–10 season.
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- This system was not finally abolished until after the Second World War.
- He appointed a Portuguese engineer to complete the work in 1643 but it was not finally finished until 1657.
- After the end of the war, efforts to find an alternative site commenced and were not finally successful until 1966.
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- 1923 finally saw a breakthrough in Van Hamel’s career.
- The long-delayed project finally saw print in September 2015.
- "Al Aaraaf" finally saw print for the first time in the collection "Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems".
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- The label "chiefless and landless" was finally removed.
- His relics were finally removed in 849 and divided between Alba and Ireland.
- AppleTalk support was finally removed from the MacOS in Mac OS X v10.6 in 2009.
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- Agrippa finally convinced Caligula to reverse the order.
- Lysimachus finally convinced the people to surrender, and Alexander peacefully entered the city.
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- She moved all around the country before finally returning to her native Gombe State.
- After the Japanese surrender she was based at Batavia, before finally returning to the Netherlands in April 1946.
- Two issues later, the book shrank to 36 pages, before finally returning to 52 pages after the war, with #17 (Winter 1945).
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- On 15 April 1889, the Danish ship "Hvidbjørnen" finally entered the harbour.
- The GM&G finally entered bankruptcy in 1895 and was sold to the Georgia Midland Railway in 1896.
- In France, the single debuted at #47 on July 15, 1989, climbed quickly and finally entered the top ten in its fourth week.
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- Kowalski finally reaches California by Saturday at 7:12 pm.
- Rocky finally reaches Kashmir and meets Nandini, he instantly falls in love with her.
- Swemmel finally reaches Worms and reports to Brünhild and the court, where the lamentations are very great.
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- The ship was finally destroyed by a fire in 1918.
- The Mamluk Empire of Egypt finally destroyed the city in 1374.
- It was rebuilt around 1420 and finally destroyed during the Reformation.
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- Logan finally tells Amy that he is an ex-CIA operative.
- Peter finally tells the truth to the court.
- Later that night, Bianca finally tells Heath she is pregnant.
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- Gaseous diffusion finally ceased on 27 August 1985.
- The BSE finally ceased operations in the early 1970s.
- Quarrying finally ceased in 1971.
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- "The weeping suddenly weakened and finally stopped.
- Oh God (Devanagari: "हे राम") I've finally stopped getting dumber.
- Referee George Blake finally stopped the mayhem at 2:44 of the 14th round.
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- It was finally taken into the town of Macduff itself in 1872.
- It was lent to a sawmill near Rotorua in 1921 and finally taken out of operation in 1926.
- Vrhbosna was first attacked by the Ottoman Empire in 1416, and it was finally taken in 1451.
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- He also pursued other opportunities until he finally found his niche.
- He moved around the Soviet Union until he finally settled in Lithuanian city of Kaunas.
- The students, unhappy with this, continued to demand Shao come out until he finally did.
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- In 1945 it appeared that The Claw was finally killed.
- He finally killed her by decapitating her.
- A last shot, fired at close range, finally killed Jacques Berthieu.
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- Jenny finally admits she is in love with the judge.
- Keroro finally admits defeat to Kiruru, who then absorbs his energy, transforming into a large tower.
- He finally admits his identity after hearing Eugene play some blues (but notes that Eugene "plays with no soul").
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- The final was against Halifax and Griffins were always ahead in close game finally winning by 6 tries to 5.
- He also holds the record for the most races completed in his career before finally winning a world championship.
- This levelled him with Davy Richardson and Tony Payne for the record of most first-round losses at the World Championship before finally winning.
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- The couple finally reach Niagara Falls and take the boat tour together.
- The crew is exhausted when they finally reach La Rochelle on Christmas Eve.
- They finally reach the janitor in the rooftop, only to discover that is Amy herself.
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- However, in 1954, the plan was finally realized.
- The enormity of the election and the assassination are finally realized.
- After the Japanese finally realized what was taking place, they threw up quite a fusillade.