climactic
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Though Mr. Branagh is the only major movie star on hand, he isn’t given anything to feast on as an actor, and in the climactic moments he is essentially furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
Eventually, in the book’s climactic scene, he faces Mr. Carlsen again in a hybrid tournament, with a digital chessboard, a live audience and extensive security precautions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
That sense of complexity fuels Vecna, the antagonist of “Stranger Things,” whose climactic final season sees the character, played by Jamie Campbell Bower, take on a multitude of faces — some human and some grotesque.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Almost always, our storylines lead to a climactic battle fought with plastic lightsabers from the dollar store.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing climactic
The Crucible
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