climactic

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And that’s precisely why the franchise’s disappointed fans and their frustrated allies spent the months ahead of the seventh installment’s February 27 release spreading and spoiling all of the film’s climactic reveals.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

During climactic scenes he pumped thousands of gallons of fake blood through the sub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

I spotted one man tucking a handful of nutmeg into his pocket, just as Samir described the climactic troll feast.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri