last rites
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If a club overextends itself to the point of bankruptcy, then there is a time when the financial last rites have to be read. — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, "The Tragedy of Bury and Bolton," 27 Aug. 2019 He was given the last rites by a local priest and was only saved by the first penicillin shipments that reached Italy. — Reagan Alexander, PEOPLE.com, "Five Things You Never Knew About Luciano Pavarotti, the Larger Than Life Opera Star," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'last rites.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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