climax
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“If the broadening out is making a sustainable comeback, this price momentum in semis stocks likely needs to reach a climax, and it appears that may be happening, on schedule,” Wilson says.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
The emotional climax of the book is when the Beatles, isolated from the outside world in Wales at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s meditation retreat, learn of their beloved manager’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The film’s climax reaches for the same sense of civilizational awe as the mothership landing in “Close Encounters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The Arsenal attacker missed part of the domestic season climax through a muscle injury, though he did return in time for the club's run-in as they won the Premier League title.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
When you talk about Churchill’s “great rolling periods”— meaning his long, mellifluous sentences—you are primarily talking about sound effects: the gather and surge of a sentence toward its climax.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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