culminate
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“Any officers who violate those standards are held accountable through investigations that may culminate in their peace officer status being suspended or revoked entirely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
This athletics season was set to be the first since the pandemic which did not culminate in an Olympic Games or World Championships.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Celebration of the national semiquincentennial will culminate when he waves the green flag Sunday to start the IndyCar race in downtown Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The rituals culminate on the 10th day of the month Muharram, which this year falls on June 26.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The resulting “interviews” of passengers in these dragnet operations usually culminate in a request for “consent” to search the passenger’s luggage.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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It culminates in a deeply unserious fight scene where everyone is very obviously not throwing punches.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Pacific forum culminates with a leaders' retreat on Thursday, during which officials are expecting to hammer out wording for a joint communique.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
That has been evident in Jaissle's first week, which culminates in a friendly against Valencia at the Mestalla on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The live entertainment accelerator started in 2022 as a 10-week experiment and has since grown into a six-month intensive program with weekly guest speakers from Live Nation, which culminates in the annual block party.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The clash culminates several weeks after Enrique arrives, when Maria Isabel telephones collect and her call is rejected because some of the immigrants in the trailer do not know who she is.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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The security missteps culminated in a dramatic series of events a little over halfway into Flight 1073’s trip to Tel Aviv last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Their bye week consisted of wild-card watch parties, batting practice, live pitching — from a long list of arms on Wednesday, especially — and an open workout Thursday that culminated in a scrimmage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The conversations behind the scenes at the convention culminated in Harris’ final answer for their request: no.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
This culminated in a magnitude 4.8 earthquake, the largest recorded at Yellowstone since 1975.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
All his work since then had culminated in a factory that could irradiate two hundred tons of uranium at a time to produce a half pound of plutonium every two hundred days.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Brussels has already drawn Washington's ire with probes under different laws, culminating in fines worth billions of dollars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rebecca Onion digs into the movie’s many twists and turns, culminating in “the psychological-thriller equivalent of a plot quadruple axel.”
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
John: I would like to thank David for what he achieved for the club as a player and then coach with two decent seasons culminating in European football.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Aztecs quarterback Jayden Denegal struggled in the opener, passing for 137 yards and an interception, culminating in a 46.8 rating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
But the long-term trend has still been toward large, complex societies, culminating in states.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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