denouement
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How Scotland, and other parts of the world, became entranced by the fairytale only for the reality of sport's essential brutality to hit them square between the eyes at Celtic Park on denouement day.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The quick denouement extended a period of calm in which the U.S. has stopped its strikes and few Iranian drones or missiles have fallen on the Gulf since Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The day after May failed to make her appearance, the day after Ob trudged miserably one way while I trudged miserably the other, was what they call in English class the denouement.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
Yet despite a number of similarities, including mistakes made and disastrous denouements that spelled defeat for the U.S., each conflict had entirely different impacts on U.S. society, culture and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Two memoirs excavate the denouements of different relationships in which former wives have something in common: relief.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Campy whodunnit Clue embraced the chaos: its 1985 cinema release randomly featured one of three different denouements to encourage repeat business.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2021
Imagine that none of the alarmist denouements materializes.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2020
He gives "the most noticeable characteristics of the romances": "A mixture of tragic and idyllic events, a series of highly improbable events, heroic and sentimental characters, foreign scenes, happy denouements."
From The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant by Francis Asbury Smith
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