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Ended up being here vs Ended up here

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Ended up being here' is used when emphasizing the state or condition of being in a particular place. 'Ended up here' is more straightforward and commonly used to indicate the final location without emphasizing the state of being. The choice between the two depends on the level of detail and emphasis the speaker wants to convey.

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Ended up being here

This phrase is correct and can be used to emphasize the state or condition of being in a particular place.

This phrase is used when you want to highlight the state or condition of being in a specific location. It adds emphasis to the fact that the person or thing is present in that place.

Examples:

I never expected to end up being here, but circumstances led me to this place.
She ended up being here all alone, with no one to help her.
The cat ended up being here, hiding under the bed.
Despite the confusion, we all ended up being here together.
He ended up being here after a long journey.

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The night ended up being pretty exciting.
Peter and his brother have this weird competition going, I ended up being the grand prize.
It ended up being almost an hour.
So tonight ended up being nice.
The parcel was waylaid and ended up being delivered to the police.
That Mimi almost ended up being recycled because of you.
She ended up being someone else's mother.
And then all the songs ended up being about Jack.
And they always ended up being about ownership and exclusivity not about love.
I ended up being diagnosed with retroperitoneal cancer.
She ended up being thrown out of a window.
Instead, you ended up being an expert at blood removal.
And my father's killer ended up being my stepmother, Sin Rostro.
I was punishing someone, but it ended up being you.
In every single case, I ended up being right.
VAT, which is an intrinsically neutral tax, has ended up being a factor influencing company locations and trade flows.
Last guy who bailed on the apartment ended up being a hoarder.
Racing paid peanuts for him and he ended up being an extraordinary player.
Perhaps peddling forgeries has ended up being bad for your health.
...if one day you ended up being our CEO.

Alternatives:

ended up here
found myself here
wound up here
arrived at this place
ended up in this location

Ended up here

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the final location without emphasizing the state of being.

This phrase is straightforward and commonly used to indicate the final location without emphasizing the state or condition of being in that place. It is a more concise way of expressing the idea of reaching a specific location.

Examples:

After all the twists and turns, we ended up here.
I don't know how, but I ended up here in the middle of nowhere.
Despite the detour, we finally ended up here at the right place.
She thought she was lost, but she ended up here after all.
The treasure map led us through many obstacles, but we ended up here at last.

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We ended up here looking for a bigger place.
It's so coincidental that we ended up here.
Gale, I'm wondering how you... Ended up here.
I lost everything in Edo and ended up here.
That's how I ended up here.
I told the story a dozen times, and no one believed me until I ended up here.
That's how we ended up here, among these belligerent Balkan peoples.
That's how I ended up here.
And then, until today, I ended up here.
I signed up without asking what it was for. I ended up here.
I'm not complaining, but part of me suspects we ended up here to avoid where our conversation was going.
I would change many things, but not that we ended up here.
And I ended up here as a result of that.
That's how I ended up here, Too.
My husband and I... we can't imagine how we ended up here.
I was going to work on international development, and then I took a turn and ended up here.
That's how I ended up here.
We ended up here quite unexpectedly, right?
I'm sorry, I was just having a look around and I ended up here.
So we started running out of money and that's how we ended up here.

Alternatives:

ended up being here
found myself here
wound up here
arrived at this place
ended up in this location

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