climax

As the campaign drew to a climax, Raman improved as a candidate and came off as more confident during the two runoff debates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The climax does inspire a shivery gasp or two, causing us to pore over the details of the evening past to search for telltale clues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

President Lee Jae Myung, meanwhile, has called for the North to return to dialogue, an overture Kim Yo Jong has slammed as "the climax of the farce".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The 1981 and 1982 Caesars Palace Grands Prix staged the climax of both world championships but did not find favour with the drivers.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Though it is powerful, it is not triumphant; it is agonising - at its climax is a leitmotif associated with suffering.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A few arias punctuate the narrative, most notably the Señora offering her gift of tears and, later, Macaria’s troubled musing about how it has burdened her; they are structured with Puccini-esque swoops and climaxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Famously, in one of the most extraordinary championship climaxes in F1 history, Ferrari messed up their strategy and opened the door to Vettel to win his first title.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

That could be full orchestra climaxes louder than you ever thought possible without amplification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

Some of the best popcorn movie climaxes are built around less.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

The Fort Irwin fighting climaxed with a predawn attack on a fabricated city, Razish, a relic of training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Cody Gakpo's run into the PSV area climaxed with a shot that was parried by Matej Kovar and Szoboszlai pounced to guide a first-time finish into the empty net from 12 yards.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

It climaxed with Chalamet’s sheltered scion, Paul Atreides, abducted from his family’s spice-mining compound and left to die in the scorching Arrakis desert, patrolled by fanged sandworms the size of the Empire State Building.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

A solemnization ceremony was held at a mosque on Thursday, and events climaxed Sunday with a reception and a parade on the streets of Brunei.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

The debate over Lawrence’s future at Berkeley climaxed at an acrimonious faculty conclave pitting the hard sciences, represented by Birge and Lewis, against the humanities and social sciences departments.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Seven stakes are for 2-year-olds, climaxing with the $50,000 Gottstein Futurity at a mile and 70 yards on closing day.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

But the escalating silliness of her response, climaxing as the queen and princess traded barbs over the clutched dagger until Alicent finally drew blood, tipped the drama into farce.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

But by the second week of March, counts quickly bounced to high and even very high levels in the second week of the month, climaxing on March 11, due to a sudden spike in temperatures.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2021

In the third poem, “Dry Savages,” music and dance come closest to amplifying Eliot, climaxing as the poet begins to reach for revelation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2020

The conference unanimously voted to initiate a massive countrywide antipass campaign beginning March 31 and climaxing on June 26 with a great bonfire of passes.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela