culminate
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Raman and a majority of her colleagues had voted the previous year for a package of increases that would culminate in a $30-per-hour minimum wage in summer 2028.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Perhaps most importantly, “Rubber Soul” marked an escalation in the musical arms race between the Beatles and Brian Wilson that would culminate in “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Smaller-deal activity is picking up, in part, because many founder-led businesses started by baby boomers are in the midst of succession planning, which will culminate in a wave of sale activity, according to Richert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
George H. W. Bush's February 1989 visit was overshadowed by growing calls for democratic reform in China that would culminate in massive protests and a bloody crackdown later that year.
From Barron's ● May 15, 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
After Wimbledon, the season switches to the North American hard court swing which culminates at the US Open between 30 August and 13 September.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Choo Choo Revue” culminates in a look toward the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The festival culminates in two days of ceremonies as Koovagam briefly becomes a rare space of acceptance.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
His embarrassment would have pleased me, but once he recovered, there would be that awkward period that sometimes culminates in a handshake.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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That tendency culminated in the now-legendary 2025 National Security Strategy, a document that offers most presidential administrations a chance to deliver boilerplate language about shared values, human rights and democracy.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
And a session that began with rising bond yields and expectations of an October rate increase culminated with the stock market’s worst day in months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Warrington Wolves have jumped from sixth to third on the back of a much stronger season which culminated in reaching the Grand Final at Old Trafford, only to lose to Wakefield.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
One of hundreds of housing protesters camping in central Madrid, Aitana Lopez felt duty-bound to pay tribute to a pensioner whose eviction sparked a movement that culminated in early elections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It turned out that Evan Parker, and his strict mom, and his nonexistent finances culminated in some of my most pivotal memories from high school.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
Everything he’d been pointing towards in the distance was now here, culminating all at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Zellmer spent more than two decades at Porsche, now also part of the VW Group, culminating in a stint leading the sports-car brand’s North American business through a period of strong growth in the 2010s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Hair crawls all over his head, culminating in a black wiry beard uncoiling in every direction at once.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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