climax
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Kenny, Romesh and Bash were joined by singer James Blunt in the climax of the endgame, where the remaining contestants gather around a fire pit to decide whether they think there are any traitors left.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The second series of BBC One's The Celebrity Traitors reached its climax on Friday, with the 21 original contestants having been reduced to seven before the final.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
You don’t realize you’re watching the action climax until it’s halfway through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Without being stagey or contrived, Mr. Mungiu explores a conflict with implications far beyond the courtroom showdown in his climax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In Seattle it reached its climax along the waterfront on July 18.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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The end of the Trojan War is one of several climaxes, yielding one of the most brilliant action scenes of the filmmaker’s celebrated career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Lando Norris leads Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 12 points and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by 16 as they head to a track that has hosted a number of dramatic climaxes in the past.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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But Marcus Tavernier's 69th minute penalty, awarded for Max Kilman's handball, sparked a Bournemouth fightback that climaxed with Enes Unal's 81st minute equaliser.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
“When I Needed You” climaxed with a moving a cappella singalong that had virtually the entire crowd belting Jepsen’s lines about discovering how far is too far to go to accommodate a selfish partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
It climaxed with Chalamet’s sheltered scion, Paul Atreides, abducted from his family’s spice-mining compound and left to die in the scorching Arrakis desert, patrolled by fanged sandworms the size of the Empire State Building.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
The debate over Lawrence’s future at Berkeley climaxed at an acrimonious faculty conclave pitting the hard sciences, represented by Birge and Lewis, against the humanities and social sciences departments.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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But then what about Mathieu van der Poel's superhero-style victory on the final stage, climaxing magnificently on the Champs-Elysees?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
With the Lost Boys in tow, Peter and Wendy will take on Captain Hook, climaxing with a swashbuckling battle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
Seven stakes are for 2-year-olds, climaxing with the $50,000 Gottstein Futurity at a mile and 70 yards on closing day.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
The Nats established themselves during an eight-year stretch when they made the postseason five times, climaxing with the 2019 World Series win.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
The conference unanimously voted to initiate a massive countrywide antipass campaign beginning March 31 and climaxing on June 26 with a great bonfire of passes.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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