climactic
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“Still got it!” he notes at a climactic moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Others disagree with Flanagan’s alteration to the story’s climactic scene, which shifts culpability for the prom massacre from Carrie to a character created expressly for the series.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The climactic final scene switched between a series of faces as we waited to see which of the famous faithful would... yawn.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The climactic section “Cosmic Bloom,” a flashy interstellar big bang, doesn’t transcend the sum of its parts as it was meant to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
‘Protection . . .’” Across the street Mrs. Bidzikian sings the climactic three notes of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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