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Meanings of last spurt in English

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Usage of last spurt in English
1
I seem to remember talking, wanderingly, to myself during that last spurt.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
2
One of the government technicians had broken the contact before that last spurt.
Measure for a Loner
3
The boys, tired from the long chase, were resting, gathering strength for the last spurt.
The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island; Or, A Cave and What It Contain...
4
He called on the cowpony for a last spurt.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
5
On, on, he ran, putting every ounce of speed and strength in one last spurt.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
6
That last spurt must have ruptured a blood vessel!
Fred Fenton on the Track; Or, The Athletes of Riverport School
7
Well, there he goes in a last spurt.
The Black Star Passes
8
I took a deep breath and made a last spurt, desperately circling the first tree I came to.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
9
We'd left Sally and our other stuff at the ranch, and were traveling light for this last spurt.
Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
10
The boat made a last spurt upwards, hung in the air for a long moment, then slammed back down into water.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
11
Forty seconds would tell the story-fortyseconds of a last spurt for life, of a final tremendous effort to escape death.
Baree, Son of Kazan
12
But Dallas still had one last spurt left and trailed 104-97 after Doncic's layup with 8:14 left.
Reuters
13
The shrill screaming of the girls who had come over, in a white, linen-starched wagon load, from Fairfield, gave me my last spurt.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
14
Philadelphia closed the lead to 101-98 before the Rockets went on one last spurt to seal the road win.
Reuters
15
A small group of us watched the last spurt of the sweet-scented flames as Viridovix went in the Roman fashion to his own remote gods.
Venus In Copper
16
The faithful verniers gave their last spurts of thrust, then closed down forever.
2001. A Space Odyssey
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