Finished
Finished adjective - Brought or having come to an end.
Proceeded
Both words in one sentence
- She then proceeded to become a "hero" for the rest of the season with Duncan as The Woobie and finished in second.
Source: Rescued from the Scrappy Heap -
Finally, I finished my first game, and proceeded to stumble about for weeks after, having paranoid delusions that aliens really were invading Earth, cautiously looking for a flashing red "enemy in sight" warning in my peripheral vision.
Source: The Tetris Effect -
After an American hip-hop group finished performing he asked his co-presenter the trope question, then proceeded to refer to the song as "bloody appalling." Long Runners: 42 years for the weekly programme, 52+ years overall thanks to the Christmas specials.
Source: Series / Top of the Pops
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