spoiler alert
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An indication, placed in a text, that the plot of a drama is about to be exposed.
- Spoiler alert: The main character, Mark, succumbs to an illness at the end.
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Humorous, Often Indicates that the speaker is about to reveal something unanticipated or unpleasant.
- Spoiler alert, these measures have not proved to be very helpful at mitigating the effects of this crisis.
- At this point, an appropriately impressed Jimmy Fallon asks if her [Millie Bobby Brown's] ear for accents extends beyond Miley Cyrus sitcoms, and—SPOILER ALERT—it definitely does.2022 May 15, Kayleigh Roberts, “Millie Bobby Brown Does a Spot-On Anna Delvey Impression That You *Must* Hear”, in Cosmopolitan:
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- As we approach the midpoint of the year, it is timely to offer a scorecard on the ministerial achievements towards these aims. And - spoiler alert - it does not make happy reading for the Government.2023 June 14, Christian Wolmar, “Ministerial report makes depressing reading for the railway”, in RAIL, number 985, page 44:
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