In terms of judicial procedure, the last-minute appearance of a previously unknown joint intelligence operation is clearly an embarrassment to the prosecution.

He said the last-minute appearance of candidates claiming to belong to other groups with an environmental focus had confused voters.

Mr. Foley's last-minute appearance in his home state, putting his personal prestige on the line, was credited with helping to turn voter sentiment against the measure.

After seven months, more than two dozen witnesses and the last-minute appearance of a television celebrity, testimony concluded today in the Tawana Brawley defamation lawsuit.

The lack of vigilance by the detectives, a customary thing so late in the day, was one reason why the Time Master had made a last-minute appearance.

Or if, as she has done, Governor Whitman makes a last-minute appearance somewhere.

A little overshadowed by Mr Obama's last-minute appearance, but that can't exactly be helped at this convention, can it?

But the last-minute appearance of the draft, and the refusal to give the President time to discuss it, drew Mr. Yeltsin into his unexpected proposal.

Dr Heine made a last-minute appearance to announce the reasons for the embargo.

On October 20, 2012, Dean made a last-minute appearance closing out the first day of the Arizona Taco Festival.