climactic
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That’s thanks to a climactic moment in “The Outsiders” musical in which real water falls from the rafters as teen gangs brawl in a fight filled with rain, mud and stage blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Though Mr. Branagh is the only major movie star on hand, he isn’t given anything to feast on as an actor, and in the climactic moments he is essentially furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The final season of the kitchen drama starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri prepares all the ingredients for a climactic ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Many of the show’s most intense moments, like Dunk burying his mentor or the climactic trial by combat, have no score at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
As six o’clock and the start of the climactic race approached, the weather improved a bit more, though it continued to rain lightly and intermittently.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing climactic
The Crucible
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