culminate

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While the plot failed to enlist enough support from the military to go ahead, it did culminate in the storming of government buildings by Bolsonaro's supporters on 8 January 2023.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

“We continue to expect that the year will culminate in what we hope will be quite a strong year-end in quarter four.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

US President Donald Trump heads to Japan on Monday for the second leg of an Asia tour expected to culminate in a meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

The oil giant’s layoffs, amounting to about 3% of its global workforce, culminate a yearslong push to consolidate offices and thin its ranks as it targets billions of dollars in annual structural costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Many of these women were already involved in the temperance movement—the campaign to rid the nation of intoxicating liquor—which would also culminate in 1919.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler