denouement
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We now have a denouement at Celtic Park on Saturday, a straight shootout between leaders Hearts and chasers Celtic.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Rangers have a leadership deficit that has cost them their place in the denouement, they have a weakness at their heart that caught up with them in the end.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Next week the league phase comes to a dramatic denouement with all 18 matches kicking off at the same time.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
The ending, always the hardest thing to land in horror stories, falls short of perfection only because it’s almost glossed over; I missed the denouement on the first read.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The scene is a denouement, ugly and raw.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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