never-ending story

collocation in English

meaningsofnever-endingandstory

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never-ending
adjective
uk
/ˌnev.əˈrend.ɪŋ/us
/ˌnev.ɚˈrend.ɪŋ/
Something that is never-ending never ends or seems as if it will ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofnever-endingandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnever-ending story

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Against this background, we should now bring thisnever-endingstoryto a conclusion.
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I will not comment further on thisnever-endingstorywith its pitiful outcome.
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Naturally, this event will provoke further reactions and tensions on both sides, leading to what might be described as a ‘never-endingstory’.
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We could now bring thisnever-endingstoryto a close.
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Rather than this being allowed to become anever-endingstory, what we wanted was a prompt result.
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I should like to finish off with thenever-endingstoryabout the voluntary pension fund.
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That this should be so certainly has to do with the subject matter, but also with the fact that what we are dealing with here is anever-endingstory.
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This, too, is anever-endingstory.
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Why has this been anever-endingstory?
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It is anever-endingstory.
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Ennis believes that in order to draw thenever-endingstoryof homeopathic inhibition of basophils to a close then a new multi-centre trial would be required.
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