climactic

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Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The climactic scene, which involves Linda battling the ocean, had to be shot fairly early on before the water off Montauk, where the film is set and was shot, became too cold.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 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