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

But then toward the climax, Einbinder has a powerful close-up that puts the film back in her pocket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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

It was heading towards a tense climax when Piastri's retirement brought out the VSC.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

It took almost an hour and was the climax to a long evening of effort.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

“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

Lando Norris leads Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 12 points and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by 16 as they head to a track that has hosted a number of dramatic climaxes in the past.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

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

But Marcus Tavernier's 69th minute penalty, awarded for Max Kilman's handball, sparked a Bournemouth fightback that climaxed with Enes Unal's 81st minute equaliser.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

“When I Needed You” climaxed with a moving a cappella singalong that had virtually the entire crowd belting Jepsen’s lines about discovering how far is too far to go to accommodate a selfish partner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

But then what about Mathieu van der Poel's superhero-style victory on the final stage, climaxing magnificently on the Champs-Elysees?

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

The film teases a confrontation between Marcus and Joe, climaxing with a meeting recalling Michael Mann’s “Heat.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 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

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