climactic
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The climactic end to the Scottish Premiership, coupled with the summer of football and managerial upheaval that followed, has made it somewhat easy to forget that Rangers finished last term third.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The climactic struggle on the carousel did not appear in Highsmith’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
At what was to be the climactic finale of the show, however, fireworks began to take off horizontally, headed into the half-filled stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
But their hope for endless playmates goes wrong when they get manhandled by toddlers and held hostage by Lotso, leading to a climactic escape from an incinerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The final go-round of the song reached its climactic end.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing climactic
The Crucible
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