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- noun Alternative form of
swan song .
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Examples
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Madonna's untitled swansong album is tentatively set for release in September (09).
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If December really does mark the end of Rioch's career in Denmark then his swansong will be the return fixture with United at Old Trafford that month.
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If December really does mark the end of Rioch's career in Denmark then his swansong will be the return fixture with United at Old Trafford that month.
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Warning it would take the West another 20 years to defeat Islamic terrorism, the Prime Minister used a wide-ranging "swansong" lecture on defence to denounce critics and the media who have been a thorn in his side since the invasion of Iraq.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Warning it would take the West another 20 years to defeat Islamic terrorism, the Prime Minister used a wide-ranging "swansong" lecture on defence to denounce critics and the media who have been a thorn in his side since the invasion of Iraq.
Despair 2007
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Rouge Darcy's Mareea, the Black swan "swansong" event is all about the 4 Elements.
World of SL 2009
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Finally, certain to make you squirm in your seat, are the U.K. première of a new Neil LaBute play, "Reasons to be Pretty" at the Almeida (Nov. 17-Jan. 14), and the thrilling prospect of Eddie Redmayne as "Richard II," directed by Michael Grandage, his swansong production as artistic director of the Donmar (Dec. 6-Feb. 4).
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Over those many years of outdoor productions, the annual event has become a real crowd-puller, and this tale of myth and magic, written by Kevin Dyer, should provide a fitting swansong as Williamson Park is transformed into the romantic setting for Arthurian legend.
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And that would have been fine, preferable to the medical torture and premature professional swansong that have been his lot.
The Amazing Steve Jobs Story Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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A scene at the end of "Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes"—a swansong of sorts—gloriously captures Mr. Kennedy's lifelong fixations.
Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011
amorfati commented on the word swansong
the last act or manifestation of someone or something; farewell appearance: This building turned out to be the swan song of Victorian architecture.
Origin:
1825–35; so called from the belief that the dying swan sings
May 16, 2009