climax
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But then toward the climax, Einbinder has a powerful close-up that puts the film back in her pocket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The melee in Delhi marked the climax of several weeks of protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The yearslong divorce battle nears a climax Friday, when a panel of appeals court judges is scheduled to decide how to divide Chey’s roughly $5 billion fortune with his 65-year-old ex-wife, Roh Soh-yeong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
But they mounted a fine comeback of their own with the ball to prevent Hampshire becoming the first team to win four T20 Blast titles in a nerve-shredding climax which went to the final over.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
A situation or apiece of music builds to a climax, not to a crescendo.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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“As Mac he avoids both melodrama and condescension, finding climaxes in each small step toward rehabilitation, each new responsibility shouldered.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Famously, in one of the most extraordinary championship climaxes in F1 history, Ferrari messed up their strategy and opened the door to Vettel to win his first title.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
But Jacobs expertly handles ear-crushing climaxes as well as it does a lullaby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
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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Cody Gakpo's run into the PSV area climaxed with a shot that was parried by Matej Kovar and Szoboszlai pounced to guide a first-time finish into the empty net from 12 yards.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 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
And the matter was finally climaxed in the episode at the Museum of Science and Industry.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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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 film teases a confrontation between Marcus and Joe, climaxing with a meeting recalling Michael Mann’s “Heat.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 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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