climax
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The cast’s choices are like weather-balloon data that presage the disaster of the movie’s climax, when everyone behaves like an emotionally incontinent millennial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Having seen a movie or two before in my life, I assumed that “Power Ballad” would climax at that stadium with Danny and Rick harmonizing for a crowd of 15,000.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Huge numbers of Muslims prayed on Mount Arafat on Tuesday at the climax of the hajj pilgrimage, defying searing temperatures under the desert sun as they fulfilled a lifelong dream.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The day spent praying there is considered the climax of the Hajj.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The feeling seemed to be gathering toward a climax of some kind, a rush of movement around them so fierce it was almost deafening.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing climax
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Rhetoric
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