climax

The former mayor of Manchester’s entry into Downing Street will mark the climax of a steep ascent for a politician who until last month wasn’t even a member of parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

However, to her credit she regrouped and set up a superb climax with a magical moment before a packed gallery in front of the clubhouse.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Perversely for a film with a two-hour-and-25-minute running time, the climax still feels rushed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The melee in Delhi marked the climax of several weeks of protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Herold would have a front-row seat for the climax of the chase for Lincoln’s killer.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

“As Mac he avoids both melodrama and condescension, finding climaxes in each small step toward rehabilitation, each new responsibility shouldered.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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

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

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

But Jacobs expertly handles ear-crushing climaxes as well as it does a lullaby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024

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

Roger Paterson presented his footage to America in a traveling show that crisscrossed the nation and climaxed with the hyped Bigfoot sequence on screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 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

From there, the score remained 3-2 until the sixth inning — when the game climaxed in two memorable sequences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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

And the matter was finally climaxed in the episode at the Museum of Science and Industry.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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

Both couples married, and their musical nuances multiplied, climaxing in 1980’s anguished “The Winner Takes It All” just as Fältskog and Ulvaeus finalized their split; the next year, Lyngstad and Andersson divorced as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

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

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