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It is typically used to describe a situation in which someone is left in suspense at the end of a story, episode, or movie, and the suspenseful situation remains unresolved until the next installment in the story. For example, "At the end of the movie, we were left with a huge cliffhanger when the villain escaped, leaving us to wonder what would happen next!"
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cliffhanger
noun
An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
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Documents obtained under Right to Information (RTI) laws reveal that Carmody blindsided his colleagues with a public statement that he would decide who sat in the court of disputed returns (CDR) during a cliffhanger election result in February.
By then, of course, it may be clear who is going to be Britain's next prime minister, but, equally, it could be a cliffhanger.
They do it to provide a cliffhanger … but I think that if people watch soaps, they're going to watch them anyway.
As UBS said, by 11 May, "the situation around Greece might have turned into a real cliffhanger".
That could begin Kosovo's own march towards membership.In this section Erdogan at bay A secularist's lament Enter Gauck A Balkan cliffhanger Backing down gently Frontal assault Too long an illness Corrections: Spanish cities and Finnish politics Nico Colchester journalism fellowship ReprintsThe outcome of these talks will directly affect Serbian politics.
It was not clear who would get paid, how much or when.Related items Markets: Bubble warningJan 7th 2010 Dubai's debt cliffhanger: A second lifeDec 17th 2009 Gulf financial centres: Hub thumpingDec 3rd 2009 Risk after Dubai: When sovereign doesn't mean safeDec 3rd 2009However, on Thursday March 25th Dubai provided some answers to those questions.
TALKS sponsored by the European Union between Serbia and Kosovo are a "cliffhanger", says one EU diplomat.
("What a cliffhanger for my Twitter followers!" she wrote).
See articleDown to the wireA batch of new polls pointed to a cliffhanger in Brazil's presidential election.
In Kosovo too, many Serbs may vote, but this is contentious and could lead to violence.Kosovo aside, the Serbian elections are a cliffhanger.
This could prompt others to pay more into the IMF, which would also help.In this section Erdogan at bay A secularist's lament Enter Gauck A Balkan cliffhanger Backing down gently Frontal assault Too long an illness Corrections: Spanish cities and Finnish politics Nico Colchester journalism fellowship ReprintsThe recession this year is now forecast to be short-lived and mild.
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