climax
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And when the action reaches its combustible Sam Shepardesque climax, Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s transformed set leaves little room for the confrontation scene that Flynn directs at full throttle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
On Tuesday, the climax of the hajj is the gathering on Mount Arafat, about 10 kilometres from Mina, where it is believed the Prophet Mohammed delivered his final sermon.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Lamar put Drake on blast in his halftime performance at the 2025 Super Bowl – the climax of which featured his diss track, “Not Like Us,” that only days prior had earned five Grammys.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The purge reached a climax in January, when Xi placed his top military deputy, Gen. Zhang Youxia, under investigation for alleged misconduct.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
This seemed to Mrs. Hubbard to be a dramatic climax rather than an anticlimax.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing climax
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Rhetoric
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