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It's a deus ex machina ending without deus.
It's a Hitchcock ending without any unforeseen twists, murders or characters falling off Mount Rushmore.
The attorney general made clear that this investigation was ending without a recommendation of more indictments.
And the ending – without giving anything away – is wrong-footing, alarming, compromising.
Fairytale writers listen up: give the outcasts their happy ending without changing who they are.
The recently -- some might add prematurely -- completed 2010 season was the team's first losing record since 1997, ending without a bowl game.
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That ended without a match.
The games began and ended without ceremony.
The dispute ended without a clear resolution.
"It ended without my singing," she said.
At least this briefing ended without incident.
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