End
End verb - Bring to an end or halt.
Usage example: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
Start out
Start out verb - Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
Both terms in one sentence
- The game doesn't start out like this, but an apocalypse happens towards the end that turns the final chapter into an After the End scenario.
Source: After The End / Video Games -
Both Latraviata and Panacea start out as rivals but end up as best friends by the end.
Source: Comic Book / Astérix - You can end up with mysterious, typeless "meat", the extinction of the turtle, and even a fortress where instead of dwarves, you start out with extremely dwarfy elves... or, perhaps, ducks.
Source: Good Bad Bugs / Simulation Game
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