climactic
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Before Saturday's extraordinary final, the most climactic moment for me was Muchova beating Gauff in a thrilling tie-break in the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
That sense of complexity fuels Vecna, the antagonist of “Stranger Things,” whose climactic final season sees the character, played by Jamie Campbell Bower, take on a multitude of faces — some human and some grotesque.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
George Lucas credited her with helping make sense of the vast amount of footage filmed for the climactic Death Star battle sequence.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
And, like a grizzled extra scurrying out of the bar just before the climactic final shootout in a grade B Hollywood Western, Bud dropped a dollar onto the table and hurriedly split.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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